The Fall and Rebirth of Sega
Sega is an industrial tragedy from which the video game industry has never fully recovered. The fate of the Japanese manufacturer is a specter whose shadow looms large as the media storm…
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Bye Sweet Carole and the corruption of wonder
Two years ago, Bye Sweet Carole was unveiled. It was a game that seemed to flirt with horror and had a graphic style reminiscent of old Disney animated films such as Snow…
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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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Puyo Puyo x Tetris / Dopamine x Reflexion
Puyo Puyo Tetris is a game…To talk about Puyo Puyo is to evoke…The history of Tetris is sprawling, and it will take… Oh, what the heck. Finding an angle for this article…
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Jusant: between introspection and emotional elegance
In maritime terminology, jusant refers to the ebb tide. The sea level becomes very low as the water recedes from the coast, making it difficult for boats to dock. Caused by the…
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Game of Faune : Endless Ocean, or the perspectives of the “naturalist video games”
Once upon a time, there was a book about the world. The third chapter of its anthology has just begun, and it is called Autumn. As the pages turn, the sun tries…
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Hollow Knight: Silksong – Continuing the story
As I write this, I have spent fifty hours playing Hollow Knight: Silksong. That’s how long it took me to complete the main storyline, all the side quests, and achieve a 100%…
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The True Story of The Alters
In just a few decades, video games have quickly established themselves as a giant in the global cultural industry. Long inseparable from Japan, today the industry relies heavily on the American giant…
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The Revolutions of Mr. Robot
00_meta eps0.0_readme_thesis.md Mr. Robot does not seek to mimic our contemporary fears. The series shapes them in order to repair them. Beneath its techno-thriller exterior, it unfolds a protocol for healing: the…
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Yakuza 0: Dragons, neon lights, and lives on hold
When Toshihiro Nagoshi conceived Yakuza in the mid 2000s Sega was no longer the flamboyant empire it had been when it reigned among the great console manufacturers. The company was searching for…
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