Comments on: WHAT ARE GAMES

By: Fake Challenges; Call of Duty as an Experimental Game | The Ludologist

Fake Challenges; Call of Duty as an Experimental Game | The Ludologist — Thu, 23 May 2013 18:52:04 +0000

[...] some of the discussion of Proteus, whose status as a game is questioned on the Steam Forums, and defended vigorously as such by designer Ed [...]

By: Symposium: Proteus, May 2, 2013 | Video Games and Human Values Initiative

Symposium: Proteus, May 2, 2013 | Video Games and Human Values Initiative — Mon, 29 Apr 2013 17:29:25 +0000

[...] Proteus a game — and if not, who cares?”, and “What Are Games” (by Ed Key [...]

By: Proteus: The Game | Where Does Godzilla Poop?

Proteus: The Game | Where Does Godzilla Poop? — Sun, 28 Apr 2013 12:21:19 +0000

[...] in the gaming community, or perhaps illustrates the current state of modern gaming. The creators came out and addressed the topic, rather uncomfortably having to clarify that people shouldn’t be making up new labels to [...]

By: Dev Links: White Dragon « DIYGamer

Dev Links: White Dragon « DIYGamer — Tue, 05 Mar 2013 05:31:07 +0000

[...] What Are Games (Proteus) “I find this rather burdensome to write, but it feels necessary to set out my thoughts given recent rumblings, and specifically to respond to this article and its comments. I don’t call Proteus an antigame* or a notgame. I call it a game, but obviously I am at pains to make it clear that it doesn’t have explicit challenge or ‘winning.’” [...]

By: Review: Proteus - Gaming Unwrapped

Review: Proteus - Gaming Unwrapped — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 21:03:00 +0000

[...] Proteus is not a conventional gaming experience, but it is certainly a game. [...]

By: The Week That Was: 04/02/2013 – 10/02/2013

The Week That Was: 04/02/2013 – 10/02/2013 — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 17:05:17 +0000

[...] Oskar Strik and Ed Key both wrote sound responses to a very silly article by Mike [...]

By: Proteus, une promenade enchantée ? | Serveur teamspeak 3 gratuit ts3

Proteus, une promenade enchantée ? | Serveur teamspeak 3 gratuit ts3 — Mon, 11 Feb 2013 21:02:48 +0000

[...] n’en est pas un (mais un peu quand même, selon les dires de l’un de ses développeurs, dans un article très intéressant), surtout pour 10 euros. Pourtant, c’est bien la même rédactrice qui a mis 18 à Journey, [...]

By: This week in video game criticism: From spatial freedom to permadeath | General Education Guide

Mon, 11 Feb 2013 13:45:36 +0000

[...] developer Ed Key is on a similar bent, reacting to a Gamasutra op-ed by Mike Rose by arguing that attempts to put a fine point on the definition of games are misguided: “Outside of academic discussions, encouraging a strict definition of “game” does nothing but [...]

By: Justifying Proteus » CultureRamp

Justifying Proteus » CultureRamp — Fri, 08 Feb 2013 14:01:12 +0000

[...] Key, one of Proteus‘ creators, acknowledged as much in a recent post entitled “What Are Games.” “The stricter the definition of an inherently nebulous concept, the more absurd the [...]

By: Critics « It's a Tarp

Critics « It's a Tarp — Fri, 08 Feb 2013 04:45:22 +0000

[...] of Proteus’s creators recently wrote a wonderful article about the issue. He covers a number of the problems I also have with this “debate,” ranging from its use as a [...]