It’s become a game industry in-joke, but Bethesda games, from the Elder Scrolls series to Starfield, have always heavily leveraged what’s come to be known as environmental storytelling. The classic example is the hordes of skeletons you find in the wasteland in the Fallout games – propped in various poses suggesting the manner of their …
In the Zone: Great Environmental Storytelling in STALKER 2 Read More »
The holiday season is upon us, with December 19 marking the start of the annual Steam Winter Sale. It’s nearly impossible to experience a “gamer slump” this time of year – too many great titles flood our discovery queues. So this week seems like a good time for a quick rundown of the games I’ve …
When I start rambling about weird niche board games, my industry friends politely smile and nod. But I can tell when they’ve started looking for the quickest possible exit to the conversation. “That sounds cool,” they might say, “but not relevant to what WE do.” There’s no way to get them to tune out more …
Climb and Dive: Clever Mechanics in a Niche Boardgame Read More »