Narrative: weaving the threads of destiny
When it comes to storytelling, whether in video games or other media, we’ve seen some great theories, principles, models to follow and so on. Whether you’re a fan of Truby (Anatomie d’un…
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Celeste : The philosophy of game design, a study of the prologue
Rapidly propelled to the top of the pantheons of many gamers scattered around the world, Celeste continues to fascinate, enabling an entire community to rally around the game. By distilling an intimate…
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Mediterranea Inferno : depression and cool summer
2020 seems so far away and yet so close. A strange year for the whole world, almost in brackets as we seem to have gone from 2019 to 2023 with the snap…
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Sense of… Super Mario Wonder
It’s me! Mario!It’s hard not to read those few words with the right intonation, accent and high-pitched voice, isn’t it? It’s true that every article on the subject starts off more or…
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AD/ VITAM/ ETC/ episode 01 / My own playground
10/22/2023 I recently received Corentin Benoit-Gonin‘s book on Undertale (Third Éditions, 2023), and this morning I’m photographing it for you at home, in the café, on my lap. I literally savored this…
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David Lynch’s influence on the American (no)Dream
America has always fascinated me, whether I like to admit it or not. As a child of the 1990s, I grew up with all the clichés you can imagine and, above all,…
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Cyberpunk 2077 – To live and die in Night City : The sphynx and the abyss of the self
Ce texte fait partie d’un corpus d’articles dédiés à Cyberpunk 2077. Chaque article aura pour but d’aider à comprendre les choix et mécaniques de game design du jeu, ainsi qu’à en saisir…
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Playing the Riot: Deciphering revolutions in video games
Weapons in hand and ideas in fist, revolutions are a regular feature of history. Ideological, violent or non-violent, societal or political, the concept of revolution is a hybrid one that cuts across…
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Assassin’s Creed Mirage is at a crossroads
The wind blows, the dunes rumble, the sand sings, and the sweet melody of criticism that accompanies the release of an Assassin’s Creed rises to our ears. “It was better before, Ubisoft…
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Playfulness and exploration, or the reinvention of The Legend of Zelda
Playfulness is an all-purpose word that we hear all the time. While some might be tempted to ask whether all games are playful, the real question is what is playfulness? Since man…
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