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‘The Witcher’ Game and Those Inescapable Nietzschean Blues

‘The Witcher’ Game and Those Inescapable Nietzschean Blues

Who is man? Who is monster? Apollonian and Dionysian dichotomies are at play in the video game series, The Witcher, soon to be a Netflix series.

‘The Witness’ Sees Investigation As the Most Important of Human Virtues

‘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.
What Defines an “Old School” JRPG?

What Defines an “Old School” JRPG?

There’s a common assumption that a story starring kids is also for kids, and that a kid’s story is inherently less complex, less nuanced, and simply lesser in quality.
‘The Technomancer’ Takes Your Suspension of Disbelief for Granted

‘The Technomancer’ Takes Your Suspension of Disbelief for Granted

The Technomancer's botched combat system and lazily constructed narrative undermine an otherwise interesting premise.

We Are One: JRPGs, the Group Journey, and the Mechanics of Cooperation

Paying Too Often for Sex in Video Games