
Beating Snake and the Memory of Video Games
Jesper Juul has posted a fascinating GIF, Tweeted by Brendon Sheffield on his page at the Ludologist. The GIF, “beating-snake,” is instantly recognizable to anyone who has played a variation of the simple game. In my case, I watched with rapt fascination as the game progressed to its conclusion. The GIF promised something that I had never seen—the end of a snake game. After the game ended, however, I realized that while watching it I had been actively recalling memories […]
Categories: Games, Memory, Nostalgia, Play • Tags: snake game