Peter Howell
The Last of Us: Part II's 'Theatre Fight' made me hate Ellie but that's why it's clever
SPOILER WARNING: This article will spoil key plot points of The Last of Us: Part II! This article has been in my drafts for a while...
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Peter Howell
Nov 7, 20231 min read
Uncover the Meaning of White Lake at the Aesthetica Film Festival
The University of Portsmouth's Advanced Games Research Group houses talented researchers exploring a variety of topics. Our most recent...
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Peter Howell
Dec 12, 20202 min read
Multi-platform Pigs and Plenty of Publications
My last post was over a year ago having just returned from DiGRA'19 in Kyoto. Covid-19 decided to come along and plonk itself squarely in...
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Peter Howell
Sep 2, 20196 min read
DiGRA Kyoto 2019
In August I attended another engaging DiGRA conference, this year held in the wonderful city of Kyoto. The conference theme was Games,...
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Peter Howell
Apr 23, 201917 min read
Agency, Intent, and the Psychology of Need Satisfaction in OnRush
PlayStation Plus has been serving up a varied assortment of titles over the last few months, many of which I probably wouldn't have...
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Peter Howell
Oct 8, 201810 min read
Knack: An Underappreciated Lesson in Accessibility, Variable Challenge, & Cross-Generational Appeal
I have been waiting and waiting but finally, the time has arrived when my first-born is able to play games. Proper games that is, with an...
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Peter Howell
Sep 1, 20176 min read
Incest, Bestiality & Infanticide: Why is Game Horror Often Afraid of Taboos?
The purpose of horror is to unsettle people, to make them feel afraid, disgusted or dirty, to make them stare in the face of the very...
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Peter Howell
Nov 4, 20161 min read
Philosophy of Computer Games (POCG2016) Conference Paper & Talk
The first post-doc publication following on from the work completed during my PhD was presented today at the Philosophy of Computer Games...
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Peter Howell
Jun 23, 201611 min read
Mechanical Criticism: Transistor and Ether One
Two games in particular have surprised me recently because I loved the one that I expected to hate (Transistor) and have decidedly mixed...
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Peter Howell
Jan 18, 20161 min read
'The Doctor Will See You Now', or, 'Bugger Me, I Finished!'
So, the primary reason why this blog has been a little 'tumble-weedy' for the last year or so has finally been finished. I submitted my...
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Peter Howell
Aug 29, 20141 min read
DiGRA 2014 Paper: Disrupting the Player's Schematised Knowledge of Game Components
My DiGRA 2014 Paper, Disrupting the Player's Schematised Knowledge of Game Components, is now available via the DiGRA Digital Library...
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Peter Howell
May 23, 20141 min read
Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs Postmortem Report Now Available on Gamasutra
You can head on over to Gamasutra now to have a read of what is hopefully an interesting and honest postmortem report following the...
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