July 15, 2015 Eric Swain External Sources

One More Episode: A Second Look at ‘The Detail’

I said I’d take a look at the second episode of the The Detail on the last Moving Pixels Podcast and that’s just what I did. I had hoped it would get through some growing pains and get better especially since it clearly wants to be more than a mere pulp escapade. The set up is similar to The Wire, in getting a special detail unit together to handle big cases, but certain details are calling to it. Plus, the ending stats where it shows the percentages of players who made certain choices it adds in a fact about the real social issue that choice connects with. | more

July 6, 2015 Eric Swain External Sources

The Moving Pixels Podcast Focuses on ‘The Detail’

We look at another episodic adventure game, The Detail. Though, instead of going episode by episode, we just dip out toes into the first one. I like what The Detail was doing in its functional form aspects to some degree, but too much of it feel route. It’s not helped that it keeps bringing to mind better examples of it is trying to do with gang and drug violence against a crack team dealing with it. The Wire on the realistic end and Batman on the more bombastic side. | more