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Catherine: Behind the mask, the abyss
When the team behind the modern Persona games decided to tell the story of the escapades and torments of a young adult haunted by his impulses, the result was Catherine, an atypical…
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Grand Theft Auto V : The American Crime
2013, millions of people, young and old, slip the long-awaited disc into their favorite console. Soon, the sirens of American law enforcement echo through the loudspeakers, accompanied by the hubbub of an…
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Walk or die: The notion of movement as a narrative tool
Please note some of these games will have spoilers on this text. Big spoilers :ICO (Team ICO, 2001)Shadow of Memories (Konami, 2002)Journey (thatgamecompany, 2012)Brothers (Starbreeze Studios, 2013)Inside (Playdead, 2016)Hellblade : Senua’s Sacrifice…
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The interfaces of videogame travel
Foreword: this text was first published as part of Point’n Think’s Kaleidoscope newsletter, in August 2024, dedicated to || UNKNOWN LANGUAGES || . The version below has undergone very slight alterations and…
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The emptiness between each heartbeat
LIMINAL SPACES March 2024 newsletter Our lives are structured around a succession of milestones. The way we organize our days, the gestures we repeat, our ambitions and projects, even our way of…
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Final Fantasy VII Remake: At the crossroads
(Text originally published during the February 2024 newsletter) Please note, this text assumes that you have completed Final Fantasy VII and Final Fantasy VII Remake. This text was written before the publication…
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The Lord of the Trainings, or the paradox of ancillary activities in the twilight of the world
Warning: this text reveals some key elements and structures of several games, to varying degrees. Games with heavy spoilers : Cyberpunk 2077 (CD Projekt RED, 2020)Disco Elysium (ZA/UM, 2019)Final Fantasy VII (SquareSoft,…
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Loan Verneau, Creative Lead at Mobius Digital on Outer Wilds
This text is a narrative transcription of the interview with Loan Verneau, available as a podcast on Point’n Think. That’s it, the weekend’s here. You wake up a little later than usual,…
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Joe Richardson : Cutting Art
NOTE: the following text is adapted from an e-mail interview with Joe Richardson, independent developer. While the vast majority of this article is fictionalized, the italicized sentences are a copy/paste of Richardson’s…
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Final Fantasy IX : Let the show begin !
Final Fantasy IX (hereafter abbreviated FFIX) brought the PlayStation trilogy of the twin-letter saga to a bold close. The ultimate incarnation of Hironobu Sakaguchi’s obsessions at the height of his fame, FFIX…