Philip Boyes

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Hot Air and High Winds: A Love Letter to the Fantasy Airship

High Fantasy.

8 Feb 2020 Philip Boyes

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Traps, treasure and ancient tomb raiders

Press X to not die.

13 Oct 2018 Philip Boyes

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Does bad archaeology make for the best games?

X never marks the spot.

18 Jul 2018 Philip Boyes

47 comments

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How ideas of civilisation have shaped gaming

Level progression.

19 May 2018 Philip Boyes

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From Final Fantasy 12 to Uncharted 3: exploring gaming's Orientalist fantasies

Bazaar new worlds.

24 Mar 2018 Philip Boyes

39 comments

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In praise of video game castles

Do keep up.

3 Feb 2018 Philip Boyes

50 comments

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Imagining the past in Assassin's Creed

Ezio said than done?

16 Dec 2017 Philip Boyes

14 comments

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Imagining and deciphering writing systems for games

From Zelda and The Witcher to The Elder Scrolls and Sethian.

4 Nov 2017 Philip Boyes

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Where do monsters come from?

Tracking the leviathan, from Ugarit to Final Fantasy.

30 Sep 2017 Philip Boyes

29 comments

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Breath of the Wild and telling stories through archaeology

Narrative arch.

29 Jul 2017 Philip Boyes

37 comments