Finding True Freedom In Videogames
Adam Millard - The Architect of Games
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Games are fun, so games criticism should be too! This channel is dedicated to exploring game design, critique and thematic exploration in a laid back, occasionally funny style. Hosted by The Architect, the psychologically-questionable manifestation of wannabe games writer Adam Millard's inner monologue, The Architect of Games seeks to answer long-standing gaming questions, give insight into your favourite titles and maybe even teach you something new about how we analyse media. Whether it's unpicking the reasons why a game works so well, or analysing what caused the industry's biggest flops, The Architect will be talking about all this and more two times a month... probably.
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Check out Hotcyder! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_r8gFeezEBZVnazvbv75pQ Support the channel on Patreon!: https://www.patreon.com/ArchitectofGames Follow me on twitter!: https://twitter.com/Thefearalcarrot Is there anything better in videogames than that feeling of total freedom? Where you can go wherever you like, do whatever you want and become whoever you want to be - probably not. However, as much as the gaming community loves to feel like they're finding their own fun, the reality is a little more complicated. See, when playing a game, we're never truly making our own decisions, and game designers must strike a constant balance between letting the player off the leash and making sure that their freedom actually means something. After a long trek through the desert and across the world, The Architect has managed to discover how the best, most liberating games of all manage to pull this trick off, and surprisingly, it's often by restricting players that the most empowering games work so well. You Saw: Outer Wilds - 2019 Final Fantasy 14 - 2010 Animal Crossing New Horizons - 2020 The Legend of Zelda Breath of the Wild - 2017 Starcraft 2 - 2010 The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim - 2011 The Legend of Zelda - 1986 Planescape Torment - 1999 Divinity: Original Sin 2 - 2017 Passpartout: The Starving Artist - 2017 Monster Hunter: World - 2018 Minecraft - 2011 Half Life: Alyx - 2020 Genshin Impact - 2020 Prey - 2017 Far Cry 5 - 2018 Grand Theft Auto 5 - 2013 Destiny 2 - 2017 Borderlands 3 - 2019 Cyberpunk 2077 - 2077 am i rite??? (it was 2020 in case you forgot) The Stanley Parable - 2013 Deltarune Chapter 1 - 2018 Mass Effect 3 - 2012 Psychonauts 2 - 2021 Deathloop - 2021 Undertale - 2015 Sable - 2021 TOEM - 2021 Before Your Eyes - 2021 Accounting Plus - 2018 Art Sqool - 2019 Umurangi Generation - 2020 No Man's Sky - 2016 Gears Tactics - 2020 X-COM: UFO Defence - 1994 XCOM - 2012 XCOM 2 - 2016 Offworld Trading Company - 2016 Dota 2 - 2013 Magic Arena - 2018 Yu Gi Oh: Legacy of The Duelists - 2020 Teardown - Not Out Yet Deus Ex: Mankind Divided - 2016 Dishonored - 2012 Hitman 3 - 2021 Dishonored 2 - 2017 Disco Elysium - 2019 Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice - 2019 Dark Souls 3 - 2016 Telltale Game of thrones - 2014 Mario Maker - 2015 Pokemon Ultra Moon - 2017 Warcraft 3 Remastered - 2020 Legion TD 2 - 2021
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