The Spieler
Trip HarrisonIncautiously probing the artistic horizons of game design.
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Ignoring New Games as a Means of Resistance
GRAND THEFT AUTONOMY
I think I’ve made abundantly clear by now that I’m in full-bore hype mode for the forthcoming Tamriel Rebuilt expansion (which, by the way, is due on the twenty-third of this very month). I admit it’s a little strang...
How I Roleplay in Singleplayer RPGs
POISON SONG OF SONGS
Well, the hardware crisis continues unabated and the video game industry exhibits the tact and stability of Weimar Germany, but at least fans of Western-style open-world RPGs are in for some major windfalls in the ne...
Plummeting from Orbit as a Creative Exercise
ORBITUARY
There, mission accomplished. I signed up for a Game Jam, slapped together a halfway-presentable hack-job of a primary gameplay loop, and submitted it with a few hours to spare. It may be a patchwork agglomeration of royalty-fre...
The Culture-Positive Promise of Game Jams
HOPE YOU LIKE JAMMING TOO
Happy Wednesday, friends! Or, Thursday, perhaps. At time of writing, I’m not entirely sure when I’ll get this one out. It’ll have to be a shorter installment this week, since I’m busier than I’ve been in awhile....
Obsidian Can Still Make a Great Fallout Game
OBSIDIAN AND ITS DISCONTENTS
Working in high-level game development these days must feel like working in London during the Blitz. I’m not going to bother recapping the McCarthyesque bloodbath for which Xbox became responsible earlier thi...
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