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Your Choices Matter: The Real Power Fantasy

By Ruth Cassidy • August 28th, 2020

An interview with the co-narrative leads on Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire about subverting that power fantasy of the Chosen One.

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Two Hands Off the Wheel: Learning to Embrace the Chaos of Zweihander

By R. M. Jansen-Parkes • October 24th, 2019

Most tabletop RPGs boil down to a roll of the dice.

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Grim, Perilous and Inclusive

By Adam Brown • October 24th, 2019

Zweihander: Grim & Perilous is a fresh take on dark fantasy and tabletop RPGs.

The World Next Door Is a Nice Enough Neighbor

By Sara Clemens • June 6th, 2019

Billed as hybrid of a puzzler and a visual novel with RPG elements, The World Next Door shows a lot of promise.

Improving Your Headspace with Blades

By Levi Rubeck • February 22nd, 2019

It is nice to be someone else for a while, even if that somebody is a scoundrel.

Collision Detection

Whether its NFL or RPG, A Party Trumps Its Players

By Ben Sailer • August 30th, 2018

How communities and players lose sight of the people behind their beloved teams.

RPG character standing in illustrated relief behind two other people.

Belonging Outside of Belonging: Avery Alder’s Dream Askew

By Sam Desatoff • June 7th, 2018

For Alder, Dream Askew is the product of years of hard work and iteration. As her vision finally nears release, she hopes that she can inspire marginalized communities to tell their stories in their own unique ways.

The Board Soul

Let’s Get Physical

By Jeremy Signor • May 24th, 2018

Catacombs may be a game about flicking discs, but it brings the action of dungeon crawling to life in surprising, intuitive ways.

E -soterica

Rythm is Lava

By Alyse Stanley • April 25th, 2018

Egor Dorichev’s entry Rythm is Lava (typo intentional) stitches together RPG, puzzle, platformer, and rhythm game elements Frankenstein style into an experience as elegant as it is frustratingly complex.

A Visitor’s Guide to Sigil

By Sam Desatoff • July 20th, 2017

Hello, and welcome to scenic Sigil, the Crossroads of the Multiverse™. Thank you for visiting our tourist center where we are glad to assist with any questions you might have about the city.

Mindset Matters: How I Came To Love Pillars Of Eternity

By Matt Sayer • April 4th, 2017

Pillars of Eternity is a good reminder that the experience we want out of a game affects the experience we get out of it.

The Politics of Ascension

By Sam Desatoff • January 19th, 2017

Sam Desatoff is heir to an uneasy throne in his Expeditions: Viking beta review.

Nioh’s Alpha Demo: Not Just Another Souls-Like

By Guest Post • May 4th, 2016

Nioh brings a lot to the table that not all titles in the genre can claim. It pushes the Souls-like genre to the limit.

Who’s Afraid of Virginia Cousland?

By Mark Filipowich • July 23rd, 2013

Mark Filipowich feels that privileged people have as much to gain from experiencing underrepresented videogame perspectives as anyone.

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