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Gamerliness: What Makes Video Games So Special? - The Geek Media Revue

What can video games do that no other medium can replicate?

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“Woman with a Hat” by Henri Matisse

The Phantom of the Opera

Sbemail “Virus”

Monty Python and the Holy Grail opening credits

 

Achievement Unlocked

Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes

You Only Live Once

The Stanley Parable

Independence (a short game I made that explores something similar – sorry for the self promotion)

 

Fire Emblem Fates

Chrono Trigger

Spec Ops: The Line

Telltale’s The Walking Dead

 

PUBG

World of Warcraft

Twitch Plays Pokémon Red

Twitch Plays Pokémon Crystal

SynthOrange’s Princess Maker 2 playthrough

Kamoc’s Silent Hill Homecoming playthrough

ProJared’s Pokémon FireRed Nuzlocke playthrough

Music:

“Off to Osaka”, “Voice Over Under”, “Divertimento K131”, “Zazie”, “4 Beers Polka”, “Clash Defiant”, “Crusade”, “Vicious”, “Cyborg Ninja”, and “Open Those Bright Eyes” by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

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