Bastion
Complex Moral Choices Are Best Saved for the End
The kinds of choices that force us to define what we value and how a game is about what we value are best implemented at the end of that game.
The Illusion of Control in ‘Transistor’
Who’s in charge in Transistor? Maybe nobody.
A Girl and Her Sword
In Transistor, a woman lacking a voice and a man lacking a body manage to complete one another. It is a game of impotent men and potent swords.