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Read more about the article Robots reporting about unstable and unpredictable colonies in Sad Robot

Robots reporting about unstable and unpredictable colonies in Sad Robot

  • Post author:Karoliina Kotilainen
  • Post published:February 3, 2024
  • Post category:Game Reviews

First try at TTRPGs was full of imagination but lacked the concentration and skill needed to make it last long.

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Read more about the article Excuse me, I have some tears in my coffee!

Excuse me, I have some tears in my coffee!

  • Post author:Max Solala
  • Post published:February 3, 2024
  • Post category:Game Reviews

Dead on arrival and the smell of roasted coffee in a rite of passage. What will you order?

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Read more about the article Thanks to all the ghosts – A Super Mario Bros. Wonder tale – Part 2
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Thanks to all the ghosts – A Super Mario Bros. Wonder tale – Part 2

  • Post author:Gustavo Moreira Kares
  • Post published:December 18, 2023
  • Post category:Features

The final-final chapter of a ghosts' stories in Super Mario Bros Wonder

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Read more about the article Thanks to all the ghosts – A Super Mario Bros. Wonder tale – Part 1
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Thanks to all the ghosts – A Super Mario Bros. Wonder tale – Part 1

  • Post author:Gustavo Moreira Kares
  • Post published:December 18, 2023
  • Post category:Features

Ghosts' stories at Super Mario Bros Wonder. The beginning of an epic and cute saga

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Read more about the article Lost in darkness, SOS letter from a League of Legends Champion
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Lost in darkness, SOS letter from a League of Legends Champion

  • Post author:Camilo Alvarez Zambrano
  • Post published:December 8, 2023
  • Post category:Game-related media

Can you read me? My name is Shaco and I’m in pain, I need your help, please come to me.

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Read more about the article The Empathy Spectrum: Emotional Responses to Games and Narrative

The Empathy Spectrum: Emotional Responses to Games and Narrative

  • Post author:Pyry Keto
  • Post published:January 21, 2022
  • Post category:Game Research Highlights

How can emotional responses to games be effectively categorised for better distinction to improve narrative design and character development? The Empathy Spectrum provides a tool for an analytical approach to video game storytelling.

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Read more about the article The hidden importance of narrative puzzles in adventure game storytelling

The hidden importance of narrative puzzles in adventure game storytelling

  • Post author:BPuha
  • Post published:June 25, 2021
  • Post category:Game Research Highlights

Narrative puzzles are crucial for storytelling in many games, but their importance is hardly ever talked about. Wei and Durango go in depth to explain just why we should not overlook puzzles of the narrative kind.

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Read more about the article The Last of Us Part II – A story game that has amazing graphics and a messy story

The Last of Us Part II – A story game that has amazing graphics and a messy story

  • Post author:Joel Alanko
  • Post published:November 28, 2020
  • Post category:Game Reviews

The Last of Us Part II - A story game that has amazing graphics and a messy story. #Playstation4 #Singleplayer #Storytelling

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Read more about the article Legend Of The Five Rings – Newcomers Rocky start 

Legend Of The Five Rings – Newcomers Rocky start 

  • Post author:Selja Tanskanen
  • Post published:December 18, 2019
  • Post category:Game Reviews

An engaging card game with beautiful storytelling but tremendously steep learning curve.  

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Read more about the article Estrangement in Digital Games – Killing for Entertainment and Cognitive Dissonance in Spec Ops: The Line

Estrangement in Digital Games – Killing for Entertainment and Cognitive Dissonance in Spec Ops: The Line

  • Post author:Joanna Österman
  • Post published:May 31, 2018
  • Post category:Game Research Highlights

As in literature and film, estrangement in games reinvigorates perception and returns a forgotten essence of things

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Read more about the article The Almighty Protagonist as Unreliable Narrator: Narrative Concepts for Understanding Digital Games
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The Almighty Protagonist as Unreliable Narrator: Narrative Concepts for Understanding Digital Games

  • Post author:Joanna Österman
  • Post published:December 12, 2017
  • Post category:Game Research Highlights

Ways of telling stories can be highlighted through comparing narrative tools in videogames and literature.

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