The two dimensions as a metaphor of control in gaming landscapes

Nowadays, the 3D is the main setting of the core game language. The engines that structure it are in the heart of economic discourses that cross the entire game industry. Compared to this, 2D (including the perspective visual) becomes a sort of nostalgic totem, able to account itself only in indie p...

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Main Author: Enrico Gandolfi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Ass.ne Culturale Ludica 2013-03-01
Series:G|A|M|E The Italian Journal of Game Studies
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Online Access:http://www.gamejournal.it/the-two-dimensions-as-a-metaphor-of-control-in-gaming-landscapes/
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Summary:Nowadays, the 3D is the main setting of the core game language. The engines that structure it are in the heart of economic discourses that cross the entire game industry. Compared to this, 2D (including the perspective visual) becomes a sort of nostalgic totem, able to account itself only in indie productions, on portable and/or low hardware and in famous sagas that use it as distinctive mark. But 2D is not only a residual, resistant memory characterized by an opposition to mainstream patterns in digital entertainment; again, it’s not a mere simplification in gameplay in order to meet casual gamers’ preferences.
ISSN:2280-7705