The Art Of Warez
Game State is a column by artist Oliver Payne covering the mechanics, aesthetics and ideas of video games. In this…
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Analogously Hard vs. Technically Comparable
The Glaswegian artist Gregor Wright once mentioned an idea he had for a video game for the Commodore 64 called…
The Boundaries of Spatial Reasoning
Game State is a column by artist Oliver Payne covering the mechanics, aesthetics and ideas of video games. Famously, the…
The Trouble with Puzzle and Dragons
Game State is a column by artist Oliver Payne covering the mechanics, aesthetics and ideas of video games. In 2007,…
A Boy and a Boy and His Blob
Game State is a column by artist Oliver Payne covering the mechanics, aesthetics and ideas of video games. Warning: The…
What It’s Like to Be a Goomba
Game State is a column by artist Oliver Payne covering the mechanics, aesthetics and ideas of video games. “Throw Cappy…
Bottle Flipping and Pokémon Go
Game State is a column by artist Oliver Payne covering the mechanics, aesthetics and ideas of video games. “The voyage…
In Praise of Clunk
Game State is a column by artist Oliver Payne covering the mechanics, aesthetics and ideas of video games. When the…
Locomotion in an Open World Game
Game State is a column by artist Oliver Payne covering the mechanics, aesthetics and ideas of video games. Open world…