her story

The Bric-a-Brac of Games

Moving Pixels Podcast: The Best Games of 2015

Moving Pixels Podcast: Searching for ‘Her Story’

Moving Pixels Podcast: Searching for ‘Her Story’

This week we discuss the tactics and strategies of searching databases, solving mysteries, and how to determine the veracity of the stories that we tell ourselves and the stories that we tell each other.
The Joys of a Transient Game

The Joys of a Transient Game

When a narrative is built around twists and surprises, then no matter how well written the game is it won’t evoke the same feelings a second time.
The Nature of Art, Computers, and Limitation in ‘Her Story’

The Nature of Art, Computers, and Limitation in ‘Her Story’

Her Story looks like a computer, but it doesn’t act like one.
Game Development as a Reductive Practice: The Beautiful Simplicity of ‘Her Story’

Game Development as a Reductive Practice: The Beautiful Simplicity of ‘Her Story’

In an era of feature creep and feature glut, what Her Story shows us is that by reducing a game to a singular activity that one can still create a surprisingly satisfying experience.