street fighter

…a friend and a fighter. These three pieces read two games against each other to better understand how mechanics and aesthetics relate to the dynamics of belonging to an army, a society or a friendship group.

• Why Nintendo’s Miitomo app understands friendship better than Twitter | Technology | The Guardian Ria Jenkins compares the pleasures of Miitomo and Twitter.
• Common Battlegrounds: Comparing The Division and Freedom Fighters | The Ontological Geek Yussef Cole presents an excellent analysis of how class and race play out in two similarly-themed games about New York in crisis.
• Experiencing War Beyond

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