Ashley Darrow
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MGS2 as Exhibit
Your piece got me thinking about the meta-nature of our comentaries this week. Kojima and his team chose to preface MGS2 with an exhibit label and we, in turn, are creating curatorial commentary for Kojima games as exhibit pieces. Considering MGS2 in this ... -
Survival and Genre
Gianni, Great post! I am totally not biased for the P.T. content. It made me think that a recurring theme in Kojima's interpretation of survival gaming is based on his filmic interests. The Resident Evil franchise is laoded with filmic design and ref ... -
Kojima and His Precursors
Braden, This makes me think about the Jorge Luis Borge's essay "Kafka and His Precursors" where Borges considers that "Kafkaesque" can apply tho things that predate Kafka and the odd situation that places us in. Essentially, wha ... -
That's a great comment,
That's a great comment, Gianni. For me, Survival Horror is the ludic manifestation of the hauntological. Survival Horror, more so than other genres I would argue, has this desire to return to something "true" or "essential" at its ...