April 14, 2016 Eric Swain External Sources

Storytelling Engines: The Story Arc Has Ended and Yet the Game Keeps Going

I wrote this piece trying to examine my own response to “storytelling engine games” and why they don’t grab me for long. Every time we do one of these games for the podcast I end up on the “ehh” side of lukewarm. Darkest Dungeon being the most recent, but you … (This post is lost beyond this point.) Storytelling Engines: The Story Arc Has Ended and Yet the Game Keeps Going » PopMatters | more

March 4, 2014 Eric Swain External Sources

Reviews for Janruary/February

The doldrums of the early months of the year have allowed for some catch up to games I didn’t have time for. Both for my own personal enjoyment and as for reviews. In fact, all but one of the games I reviewed were from the very end of last year that the 3 reviews a week schedule wouldn’t allow for. Ok, that’s not entirely honest. I was swamped and couldn’t play them until PopMatters went on break. | more