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Hitting Pause for a Little While

After seventeen months, ninety-eight articles, and somehow only one accidental publishing incident, I am taking a step back from this Substack.

Kind of. Let me explain.

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A tale of the world's slowest assassination.

Gloom enshrouded the keep. Blood red and fire green tainted its stone walls. Its floors were covered with the bodies of those tasked with protecting it—their oaths incomplete.

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This Transformers Game is Terrible. I Still Played Heaps of It.

Let’s get this out of the way. I was a big fan of Transformers as a kid.

“Well, that’s quite alright,” I hear you say. “A lot of kids were fans of Transformers.”

Yeah, but, you see, um… I was a big fan of the Michael Bay Transformers movi...

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This Game Boy RPG is Basically the Oldest Thing Ever Made

A part of me withers away and dies every time I hear a person or publication refer to the PlayStation 3 as a “retro console.” I mean, come on! That system only released, like, checks notes twenty years ago…

Oh God.

I am currently going...

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Playing a Game in One Sitting

Or standing, if that’s more your style.

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  • The Video Game Storyteller

    \ud83c\udfae A publication about the stories in games and the ones we create while playing them. \ud83d\udcd6

  • Evan C. Moore

    he/they | I drink coffee, gin, and bourbon, and I'm a scholar of medieval literature and videogames. I'm here for some community with gamers who also overthink everything they encounter.

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