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unusual facts about game mechanics



Every Day the Same Dream

Soderman's essay uses the game to argue that the focus on meaning inferred from game mechanics has caused "new hermeneutical methods" of interpretation to supersede "visual and narrative representations" in terms of importance and consideration.

Gua-Le-Ni; or, The Horrendous Parade

By means of fantastic beasts of the same combinatorial nature as Hume’s Pegasus, Gua-Le-Ni; or, The Horrendous Parade asks the players to twist the creative capabilities described in the Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding on their heads and use them as game mechanics: impossible paper beasts will parade across the screen (the page of a fantastic bestiary) only to be recognized as combinations of parts of existing animals.


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Blocks That Matter

BTM heavily references the games Minecraft and Tetris through the main characters, in-game mechanics and concepts such as “Pajitnovian physics”.

Close Action

(This is largely from the game mechanics having all players simultaneously plot their movement and fire, and having limited communication via signals, so larger numbers of players do not slow down the game waiting for each player in sequence to have a turn.) There are usually large monster games played at the Historical Miniatures Gaming Society conventions in Lancaster, PA, and at other wargaming conventions.

Gameplay of Eve Online

The game's developer CCP Games continuously adds expansions free of charge that change game mechanics and add features.

GamerDNA

The site features a number of tools to help game-players learn about what aspects of games they enjoy, including automated tracking of games on Xfire, Steam and Xbox Live; a database of games that locates games based on gameplay elements such as setting, tone and game mechanics; and quizzes such as the Bartle Test, which helps a player identify what aspects of game play they are most interested in—and then form connections with other players with similar interests.

Jailbreak: Source

Jailbreak: Source 0.3 has also been featured in PC Zone UK magazine, broadly describing the game mechanics, and stating that the mod is "an interesting addition to the basic game dynamic" whilst lamenting the lack of servers upon the release of the previous version.

Megaverse

Megaversal system, role-playing game mechanics designed specifically for the various series published by Palladium Books