#naughty dog
#naughty dog
M Marko (@em_being)
For the end of the year, we take a look at the Games We Played, and the effects they had on us. This year we’re starting with a piece by friend of the site, M, who is one half of the duo that is the very excellent Abnormal Mapping.
We’re three years past the critical consensus that the dadification of games was upon us, and for all the ink spilled on the issue it seems that games are still just coming into that intersection of creator age and storytelling opportunity, for better or worse. While much of the critique of this not-quite-a-movement has to do with who gets to make games and tell stories, it’s also a critique of the limited view of how protagonists in games can operate. If you aren’t saving someone or something, protecting them becomes the next logical paternalistic step.