What Should and Should Not Be a HUD: Diegetic and Mimetic Elements
Andy continues his break down of HUD elements in video games. What should, and should not, be considered a HUD?
Podcast: Musings
Welcome to the Musings podcast, where Andy reflects on video games as art, literature, and a storytelling medium.
What Should and Should Not Be a HUD
Andy explores HUDs in video games such as Dead Space and The Legend of Zelda.
On Play Finale: Episode 7
Andy discusses play and asks “What makes play fun?” in his finale of “On Play”.
Testament
Andy dissects Blake Guthrie’s “Short Stories and Scrambled Chronologies in ‘Beyond: Two Souls”. How much does player perspective mean? Can we compare games to moments in film or poems?
On Play: Part Four
Andy continues to break down the language of art and play.
On Play: Part Three
Andy discusses shared language and participatory art.
On Play: Part Two
Andy presents and explains the nature of “mediums” as an intermediary phase and dives into the concept of video games as art.
On Play: Part One
A series of mini podcasts begins with Andy navigates the concepts of play, ludonarratology, and video games as art.
Welcome to Musings
Welcome to Musings, where Andy reflects on video games as art, literature, and a storytelling medium.
