rachelfreeman

I echo other’s comments that it would be nice to see some reference to the Elder Scrolls series, but that might just be my own interest in the series! Very thorough overview of Tolkien’s influence.

The best video game art exhibit I have been to was in a Tasmanian regional art gallery and featured Tales of Tales’ game The Path. The game was tucked in a corner with dimmed lights and comfy bean bags, so you could be truly engrossed by the game (almost as if you were in your own home, rather than in a gallery). Other games shown in the exhibit were on old CRT monitors, or played from an old living room chair, to better show the games in the setting they would be played in.

It is worth noting that Mass Effect is a good example of how difficult it is for a game to actually make choices matter – the entire series came down to three near-identical endings, despite all the individual choices the player made throughout.