10:54
Game Design as Narrative Architecture | The 5 Types of Spaces in Games
12:53
Games with Epic Spectacle
13:39
A Theory of Control for Game Design | The Evolution of Controllers and Play
13:28
The Art of JRPG Design | Genre Essence
11:39
How Game Designers Enable Player Freedom
14:20
How Technology Impacts Game Design
10:56
A Real History of Video Game Criticism | The 5 Kinds of Writing About Games
12:52
The Simulation Fallacy in Game Design
15:29
How Video Game Journalism is Propaganda | Manufacturing Gamers
16:53
A Theory of Depth for Game Design
16:13
The Haunting Beauty of Cities in Games
11:41
The Paradox of Open World Game Design
08:37
A Theory of 4th Wall Breaks for Video Games | Hyper Realism
10:02
Balance in Game Design
12:07
A Theory of Beauty for Games
15:06
Nonverbal Communication in Game Design
10:39
A Theory of Play's Revolutionary Power | Playfulness
12:32
A Theory of How Reality is a Game | Gamespace
09:10
The Puzzle of Stealth Game Design
10:39
The Paradox of Rules in Games and Life
13:41
Ecological Game Design | Final Fantasy 7 , Flower and the Nature of Play
12:02
The Pure Game Design of Fighting Games
12:12
The Paradox of Authenticity in Video Games | Deception and Lies in Art and Play
20:33
The Art of Video Game Criticism
10:03
Love Stories in Video Games
20:05
The Design Philosophy of Fumito Ueda | Ico , Shadow of the Colossus and Design by Subtraction
15:02
Cybernetic Game Design | Cyberpunk, Cybertext and the Algorithms of Play
12:13
Call of Duty 4 and the Art of Modern Warfare
10:52
The Witness and the Philosophy of Puzzles
12:21
A Systems View of Game Design and Life
10:31
Metal Gear Solid 2 and Postmodern Video Games
10:14
How Game Designers Tell Stories with Interior Design | Gone Home, Heavy Rain and Designing Home
12:21
The Immersive Fallacy in Game Design | The Paradoxes of Graphics ,Technology and Escapism
08:04
Fairy Tales in Video Games | The Unfinished Swan and the Story of Play
12:30
Spec Ops : The Line and the Anti-Aesthetics of Violence in Game Design
13:01
Cinematic Game Design | Uncharted, Metal Gear Solid and How Cinema has Influenced Video Games
13:17
Rethinking Space in Game Design | Manifold Garden and Designing Spectacular Spaces
10:39
The Art of Horror Game Design | Silent Hill 2 and the Anatomy of Fear
08:29
Bioshock and The Philosophy of Games
07:21
Ghost of Tsushima and the Poetry of Video Games | On Haikus, Cinema and Play
10:02
Nier: Automata and the Art of Subversion in Game Design
10:52
Far Cry 2 and the Search for Gaming's Heart of Darkness
23:58
AI and Game Design | The History of Artificial Intelligence In Video Games
11:21
Portal and the Truth about Lies in Video Games | Why Game Designers Deceive Us
15:11
What Makes a Game Immersive? | Engagement, Escapism and Immersion in Game Design
14:47
The Design Philosophy of Hidetaka Miyazaki | Creating Demon's Souls, Dark Souls and Bloodborne
21:36
The Art of Game Design | Jesse Schell, Christopher Alexander and the Architecture of Video Games
12:19
How Video Games Tell Stories | The Hero's Journey, Ocarina of Time and Narratology versus Ludology
16:01
The Illusion of Freedom in Video Games | Choice, Consequence and Agency in Game Design
20:13
Uncertainty in Games | Randomness, Information and Luck in Game Design
18:11
The Art of Failure in Video Games | Designing Difficulty, Tragedy and Death
06:35
A Theory of Fun for Game Design | Raph Koster and The Art of Designing Fun Games
10:09
How Video Games Create Meaning | Procedural Rhetoric, Meaningful Mechanics and the Dynamics of Play
09:39
Jonathan Blow and David Foster Wallace | The Interesting Similarities between Literature and Games
13:57
Understanding Dreams | Rethinking Game Design, Creativity and the Future of Art
16:22
Dynamic Music in Video Games | How Game Designers Create Interactive Music with Play and Sound
10:18
Alone Together | How Video Games Confront Loneliness
08:22
Why Art Games are Important | How Avant-Garde Games have Changed Game Design
18:44
The Aesthetics of Play | Why We Play Games, and the Search for Truth and Beauty In Game Design
25:15
How Video Games Create Empathy | Hellblade , Nier:Automata and Empathy in Game Design
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Hi , I'm the Game Overanalyser, and this channel will be exploring the stories, themes, design and art of gaming. By my name, I suppose you can tell I'm curious about getting underneath the surface of why we love playing the games we do. Pretention aside, gaming is an artform, and we need to treat it as such to convince others of what we all know. That games are awesome!
On this channel, we will be going into the specifics of game design, critically analyzing individual games and their themes, mechanics and meanings, and trying to figure out what works and doesn't work. There will also be smaller episodes dedicated to specific philosophical and psychological concepts and how they relate to and are expressed in games.
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