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Let's Play Shogi!
I’ve primarily found myself sitting in one of a handful of rooms, passing the hours by mindlessly letting the time pass.
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Art Tickles - Emotionally Over Budget
It costs something to be a part of games spaces.
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The Streets of Midgar
It is 2 AM in a dark bedroom, in a home that isn't mine. For the first time in my life, I am experiencing a videogame.
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The Unkillable Beast that Lurks Among Us
The crew meets in the cafeteria, tense stares across a large table, with one space in the circle conspicuously empty.
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Shutter Stroll, Time, and Quarantine
There’s just an ongoing soft breeze, gentle drizzle, and a moment of quiet. Then, you leave, to another island or back to the passage of time.
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Taking My Feelings for a Ride
The green glow on my arm shows that despite my pax’s erratic movement in the back, I am calm. Though these feelings may not last the ride.
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Art Tickles - Seeking Comfort from the Apocalypse
The post-apocalypse is a strange place to fish for comfort.
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Art Tickles - Sharing Perspective
Games are a great many things, and for both mundane and complex reasons, they are difficult to write about.
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Art Tickles - Untaught Languages
There's a gulf between understanding what a game is meant to evoke, and intuiting what a player experience is like.
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Art Tickles - Starting Line Cinematics
An empty, vacant soundscape resolves to the sound of rushing air. The camera starts on a tight angle along the side of an old military plane. It follows the line of an airplane’s body, as though flying in its slipstream. As the camera draws back, the view quickly dips down through the empty space wh
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Not Just for Me Anymore
At some point, I stopped playing games just for myself.
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Unneeded, but Wanted
Games with tight design and effective stories are easy to love, for exactly the right reasons. But I also like bad games.