Friction Burns Urgency and Mastery in Umurangi Generation By Ruth Cassidy • October 29th, 2021 While I followed advice to turn off the timer, I kept chewing on its presence. Was it at odds with the game’s purpose, or was I acting in conflict with it?
Feature Excerpt Pendragon and Anti-Fascist Medievalism By Ruth Cassidy • October 29th, 2021 “Camelot has, for the moment, fallen, but the dream of Camelot – of a sane Government by consensus, led by an Arthur and not a Mordred – must and will live on.”
Friction Burns How Disco Elysium’s Centrist Path Observes the Player By Ruth Cassidy • October 1st, 2021 “It isn’t about diplomacy, or pacifying all sides, but about absolute control.”
Feature Excerpt Imagining the Future in Games By Ruth Cassidy • June 24th, 2021 A vision of tomorrow, today!
Feature Excerpt 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.
