Artificial panoramas or promises woven into infinity
The medium of video games, in addition to having its own identity, remains an amalgam of interconnected arts. While a masterpiece painting only responds to the viewer’s gaze, and a symphony only…
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Ace Attorney: Can a Parrot participate in a trial? – Game of Faune
All seems lost. The evidence you presented to the court, the succession of witnesses and the cross-examinations you conducted to trap them in their lies – nothing can save your client. It…
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MIO: Memories in orbit – The pearl with watercolour hues
Disclaimer: This review is guaranteed to contain no spoilers other than those presented in the game’s introduction. In 2024, part of the Point’n Think editorial team was invited by Focus Entertainment to…
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Radiolight – On The Thrill Train
A torch and a radio – that’s all you need to know about Radiolight. Behind this inspired title lies a game developed by Krystof Knesl and published by Iceberg Interactive. After five…
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Ghost of Yotei – The Aftermath Syndrome PlayStation
Ghost of Tsushima is one of, and perhaps even my favorite game of the eighth generation of consoles. Initially completely uninterested in the first images and trailers, I fell completely under the…
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Paraludology Manifesto | For a renewal of discourse on video games
Critical critique of video game critics Most of the time, video game critics do not concern video games. Their object is not the game, but the merchandise we play with. Too many…
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Weird games facing censorship: the case of Horses and the silent purge
The scene is almost absurd: it’s the day before the launch of Horses on the Epic Games Store. Two years of work, $100,000 invested, an Italian studio, Santa Ragione, literally staking its…
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Museums of the Non-Existent: From Dune to MyHouse.wad
We no longer consume works: we inhabit gaps. Cancelled projects, fragments, hoaxes, mod-labyrinths, and fake books shift the center of gravity of the experience: there is no longer an object to finish,…
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Game of Faune : How does Bug Fables transform a tiny bit of garden into a credible world?
When you were young, did you imagine stories about the insects you observed? Personally, I loved watching them, especially bees. And even though I still love observing them, I no longer attribute…
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The golden age of survival horror: myth or reality? (Part 2)
If you haven’t yet read part 1 of this report, I strongly encourage you to do so in order to better understand what follows. Here we are again on our journey through…
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