Games in Our Absence
The world of a game, even one that doesn’t function without a player, will always exist apart from its code, so long as we remember it fondly.
Post-Post-Apocalypse: The Beauty of a Forgotten World
Post-post-apocalypse is about guidance, and more poignantly, about perseverance.
Open The Door: How a PlayStation RPG Inspired Undertale
Moon, Undertale, and transcending the limitations of games
One in a Mili-on: The Power of Bands Collaborating with Game Developers for Unique, Cinematic Experiences
Westerners are missing out on one of the most unique sounds in gaming.
Vengeance Will Be Ours!
Sahl djahs afah an! Dragonspeak in Final Fantasy XIV
Footsteps Through the BrAIn: Ludonarrative Memory
Storytelling through an unreliable mind
The Janus Effect: Games Uncovering New Horrors in Technologies of the Past
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A Millennial, An Eclipse, and Disco Elysium
On the night of November 19th, 2021, I couldn’t go out to watch the total lunar eclipse until I’d finished Disco Elysium. A week straight…
Transhumanism, Gender Identity, and E.G.O. in Library of Ruina
The Distortion embraces the spaces in-between. It posits that human beings are not just human beings — that we are a complicated, multi-faceted thing called the self, which can be manifested as human, animal, machine, and anything else under the sun (or beyond it).
A Dash of Flavor: Details in Indie Narrative Design
What’s a star? Can you touch it? Can you eat it?