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Chants of Sennaar and an Alchemy that Liberates
How a 2023 translation puzzle game absolutely nails what it means to see the world as an alchemist
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How Should Choices Be Balanced with Good Storytelling Tools?
Jon Ingold has talked about choices in games for years, and I think he's got the right angle
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Alchemy Games: An Introduction to the Medievalism of Experimentation
What alchemy is, what it isn't, and acknowledging that it's everywhere
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Can Visual Novels Tell Great Videogame Stories?
My favorite recent scholarly works, anendophasia, and games as an art form [100 Subscriber Class Discussion 4]
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Why Don't I Teach Real Games?
On difficulty, improvement, a favorite hot take, and attempting to name every game [100 Subscriber Class Discussion III]
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The Year Ends, but I'm Just Getting Started
My top stuff from the year, on hitting 100 subscribers, and growing communities
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Gaming 230: The Livid Hope of Play
A few things on my mind about why our playing gives me hope
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Dispatch Thoughts: Episodes 5 and 6
In which bringing work home is more powerful than a room full of superheroes
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Dispatch Thoughts: Episodes 1 and 2
AdHoc (former Telltale developers) asks what it means to live with defeat
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Pleasing and Practical, Volume 2: Silly Adventures Across Genres
Games with ridiculous premises are worth your time.
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Medieval Manuscripts, Game Modding, and You
What the fourteenth century can tell us about videogames
