The Spieler
Trip HarrisonIncautiously probing the artistic horizons of game design.
| Platform |  | Pricing | Only free issues | Publishes | Weekly |
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| Issues | 84 | Founded | 2 years ago | Last Issue | 3 days ago |
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Pentiment is a Fascinating, Brilliant Misfire
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EARLY-MODERN FAMILY
This one’s a doozy, so let me se...
On Storytelling Techniques Unique to Gaming
PENTIMENT TO BE
Well, after almost four years of obstinate procrastination, I’m finally getting around to playing Pentiment. For those unfamiliar, it’s a narrative adventure set in sixteenth-century Bavaria in which you investigate a ser...
The New Morrowind Expansion Gives Me Hope
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MOON-AND-STARSTRUCK...
When Should You Cheat in Singleplayer Games?
CHEATERS NEVER SIN?
I go through the same ritual every time I start a new Morrowind campaign. Disembark from the prison ship. Get processed by the Census & Excise guys. Burglarize their office on the way out — that’ll teach ‘em to exerci...
A Brief Lineage of Games about Work
WORK IT HARDER, MAKE IT BETTER
Good Lord, I’ve had one hell of a week. Fate is a capricious and fickle mistress, but let no one say that she has no sense of humor. It’s the only sensible explanation behind why, after weeks of famine, I l...
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