The Moving Pixels Podcast Plays ‘Sorcery!’
This week we consider how a game book fares as a video game.
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‘Sorcery!’ Frees You from Narrative Responsibility
Steve Jackson’s Sorcery! is a branching narrative in which the branches are more important than the tree.
The More I Have, the Less I Play
Choice in media sometimes doesn't lead to freedom, just paralysis.
‘Fire Emblem Heroes’ Is a Bad Crossover
Fire Emblem Heroes desperately and shamelessly wants to monetize our love for these characters, yet it has no idea why we came to love them in the first place.
Trickle Down Corruption in ‘This Is the Police’
In a world of hitmen, snitches, mobsters, murderers, terrorists, rapists, rioters, bombers, thieves, and serial killers, your greatest enemy is your boss.
Learning the Barbarian in ‘Conan Exiles’
There's no one better than a barbarian to teach you how to become civilized.
The Moving Pixels Podcast Explores ‘This Is the Police’
This week we take a look at the themes and politics of This Is the Police.
The Dead Haunt Me in ‘Dishonored 2’
Not killing one person doesn't make up for killing another. Life and death don't balance out that easily.
The Moving Pixels Podcast Experiences ‘Event 0’
This week we explore Event [0] and its experiment with language as a form of gameplay.
‘Infinite Warfare’ Had the Best FPS Campaign of 2016
The best shooter campaign came from the game I had the lowest expectations for, Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare.
‘The Witness’ Sees Investigation As the Most Important of Human Virtues
The Witness always loops back on a single article of faith, a faith in observable phenomenon, a faith that with enough sensory observation, solution is possible.
The Joy of Missing Out in ‘Dishonored 2’
Dishonored 2 wants us to know it’s OK to miss out on things.