‘Westworld’ Ponders the Lives of NPCs
Westworld seems less interested in examining traditional protagonists than interrogating the behaviors and abuses of a fictional world's props, its non-player characters.
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Personalizing Race in ‘Dragon Age: Inquisition’
Amid Dragon Age: Inquisition‘s palatial estates and ancient ruins, I found a story that creates a personalized experience of race.
Bayonetta Meets Beyoncé
What attracts me to Bayonetta 2 – and the Bayonetta video game character – is that it’s the closest thing to a Beyoncé concert I’ve ever played.
Nintendo and the Anti-Mario Wario Approach
It might not reach the level of Frog Fractions or The Stanley Parable, but Nintendo’s Game & Wario has some fun with meta-humor and references to classic video game tropes.