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The Tactile Side of Games

Anyone who has ever had the misfortune of having a mahjong addict neighbor can attest to the double-edged sword that is traditional table games: the sensation of having smooth and cool tiles in your hand can be a pleasurable one, but damn it all if that incessant shuffling isn't irritating after hours and hours of it into the wee hours. Still, it's the positives of the sense of touch that Ian Bogost picks up on in his latest Gamasutra column. Using the classic game of Go as a starting point and ending with Rez, he takes a look at what games can do — and maybe should do — to enhance the tactile pleasure of playing: More »

12:30 PM on Sat May 10 2008
By Maggie Greene
1,894 views, 19 comments

Latest by StickyPurpleCat: I'm not terribly inclined to want to feel the sensation of falling off of a cliff or getting shot with a laser. I /like/ my games behind a wall of glass. If I wanted the real thing I would just more »