Isometrics: Facebook, Virtual Insanity, Hyperreality and the Oculous Ideological Rift
The news of Facebook buying Oculus VR has led to a massive storm of controversy.
BlogDavid Rose
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Isometrics: Video Game Self-Censorship, South Park and the Danger of Self-Aware Precedents
South Park: The Stick of Truth’s bizarre European edits has brought the issue of video game censorship right back into the limelight.
BlogGamingDavid Rose
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Isometrics: King, Candy Crush Melodrama and the Need for Control of the Free to Play Market
Is it right to trademark basic words? Isometrics looks at the case of King’s Candy Crush Lawsuit, and contemplates the death of satire…
BlogDavid Rose
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Isometrics Present: WARP Month: Enemy Zero, the Invisible, the Inhuman and the Irreplacable
Enemy Zero: More than an FMV-laden publicity stunt? Isometrics tackles invisible aliens, sweeping space soap opera and Michael Nyman in order to find out…
BlogDavid Rose
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Isometrics: WARP Month: D, the Internal and the Metafictional worlds of Kenji Eno
D: is it a morass of contradictions? Is it a game or an interactive movie? Does it have merit at all today or is it nothing more than two hours of bad FMV?
BlogDavid Rose
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Isometrics: What Is Literary Gaming Anyway?
After trying to get around to it for so long, It is time to actually explain what on earth it means to be “literary” about gaming…
BlogGamingDavid Rose
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Isometrics: Twitterfall, Authorship and the Double Edged Power of the Fan Response
So Titanfall has opted for a 12-player cap for its multiplayer, which has players up in arms before the game is even complete. Are they right?
BlogDavid Rose
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Isometrics: Video Games: Influence or Influencer?
Once again violence and the corrupting influence of video games has formed a mild moral panic.
BlogDavid Rose
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Isometrics: Ride to Hell: Retribution and the bizarre appeal of the giftedly bad
Welcome to Isometrics, a sweeping sibilant stare at the literary world of gaming, although it may take a little time to justify it’s ‘literary’ qualities…
BlogDavid Rose
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An Isometric New Year: Five Resolutions For The Gaming Industry
Happy Holidays and welcome to Isometrics, a slanted stare at the literary gaming world.
BlogDavid Rose
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Isometrics: Mighty No. 9 and the ultimate question of the Feminist Video Game
Hello and welcome to Isometrics; a slightly slanted series analysing the lucid, literary world of video games.
BlogDavid Rose
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Time and Relative Dimensions in Games: An Isometric Doctor Who Video Game Retrospective
Greetings, and welcome to Isometrics, a slightly askew analysis of video games.
FeaturesFilm & TVDavid Rose
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