Infinite Lives
Harrison Polites, The Video Game Storyteller, James, Jam WalkerVideogame industry analysis and reviews from an Australian perspective.
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Six outstanding indie games from the PAX Australia show floor
Well folks, another PAX has simply flown by. Props to this fantastic convention for once again delivering the gaming goods, and for somehow distracting me from my addiction to Fire Emblem Fortune’s Weave on Switch 2.
It wasn’t all sunshine...
“People love this event”: Parallels returns despite funding cut
Parallells in full swing last year. Photo: Matto Lucas
“It’s like a Ship of Theseus as far as the board is concerned,” Darcy Smith, de facto lead on this year’s Freeplay Parallels showcase tells me as we chat remotely.
He’s referencing a...
Dredge's Nadia Thorne on her second studio, and what comes next after indie success
The horror fishing game has become an immediate classic. But its maker is treating success as permission to experiment. Source: Steam
Ahead of the launch of the fishing horror game Dredge in March 2023, the members of New Zealand developme...
The games that got away: Crow Country, Digimon Story: Time Stranger and Yoshi and the Mysterious Book
Pleasantly surprised by the uptake from the last time I did this, I’m back this week with three new micro-reviewed games.
We’ve got quite a mix on the agenda: a twist on survival horror with Crow Country, a Pokémon rival in Digimon Story:...
Indies in the classroom: Ludolio's bid to reshape education with videogames
Night in the Woods, the 2017 title used in broader research into introducing games into the school curriculum. Source: Steam.
At the time I found it embarrassing, but my first piece of writing in high school that received full marks was in...
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I'm an Australian gamer and former tech journalist. Primarily on Substack to practice my old craft and tell unique stories about games and the gaming industry. Get in touch via email ([email protected]) or via Signal (harrisonpolites.90).
\ud83c\udfae A publication about the stories in games and the ones we create while playing them. \ud83d\udcd6
James O'Connor is a writer, editor, producer, and guy-who-plays-a-lot-of-games living in Adelaide, South Australia. He is the author of Boss Fight Books #35: Untitled Goose Game.
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