University of Rochester
The University of Rochester is a private research university. It publishes academic articles, including one on video game glitches.
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Frictions in Cozy Gaming: Power, Race, and Cultural Flattening in Palia
Frictions in Cozy Gaming: How Dynamics of Power, Race, and Cultural Flattening Shape World Building in Palia STEPHANIE T JONES∗†, Northwestern University, USA and Chicago State University, USA ANGELA D. R. SMITH∗‡, University of Texas at Austin, USA and University of Rochester, USA The emergence of "cozy games" represents a…
- The 'cozy' game framework functions as an affective barrier to critique, using an aesthetic of warmth and low-stakes interaction to embed and mask ideological reproduction.
- Palia’s governance system naturalizes surveillance as a core condition of narrative progression, reinforcing social hierarchies through institutional and informal policing.
- The game employs a racialized economy of innocence and guilt, where character design cues—such as blonde hair and 'virtuous' tropes—determine whether rule-breaking is viewed as a sympathetic necessity or a criminal act.
“I Kant Play This”: Rethinking Sublimity Through Video Game Glitches
Video game glitches serve as a modern manifestation of the Kantian sublime, challenging the boundaries between structured digital play and the chaotic, unrepresentable nature of technological failure.
- The article '“I Kant Play This”: Rethinking Sublimity Through Video Game Glitches' was authored by Steven Kielich and published in the journal Games and Culture.
- The research explores the intersection of aesthetic philosophy, specifically Immanuel Kant’s concept of the sublime, and the phenomenon of glitches in video games.
- The study utilizes Pac-Man as a primary case study to analyze how technical errors function within the framework of critical theory and aesthetics.
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