SHADOW OF THE COLOSSUS
Journal Title: Acta Ludologica - Year 2018, Vol 1, Issue 1
Abstract
Whenever the relationship between video games and the art is somehow thematic, contained in the (open) concepts themselves, and when shifting from general considerations to an argument based on a reference which is, however, not a real argument, almost always the video games ICO and SHADOW OF THE COLOSSUS, and sometimes THE LAST GUARDIAN will appear as examples of video games which somehow are or could be, should be art.
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Juraj Malíček
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