How do game critics contribute to Western hegemony, and what can we do
about it? Nate Schmidt interviews Felipe Pepe, creator of The CRPG Book
Project, on his recent essay, “The Gentrification of Video Game History.”
Drawing on Mia Consalvo and Christopher Paul’s critique of the concept of “
real games,” their wide-ranging conversation covers mods and mobile games,
the relationship between internet cafes and free-to-play RPGs, and the
emptiness of the stereotypical “nerd and jock” divide between
narrative-driven and sports games.