What-Ifs and What Next
The Alters subverts branching narratives, consolidating Jan Dolski’s life into coexisting variants, each searching for their future.
Category Archive: ARTICLES (Gaming)
Three Angry Fathers
This personal article compares the rage of Kratos in God of War, my dad’s violent temper, and the wrath of the heavenly Father.
The Heart of the Issue
In gaming where problems are usually solved by taking aim at heads, Persona 5 redirects our attention to the changing of hearts.
Hearing Footsteps Above
I spent a lot of time running atop buildings in Mirror’s Edge: Catalyst. Imagine my surprise when I noticed activity on my own roof…
Of Body and Soul
The Talos Principle and Soma are games that discuss paths toward humanity’s legacy, probing into the mysteries of body and soul.
Times for Change
Life Is Strange deals with the applications and limitations of time travel: what it can achieve, but also what it cannot ever change.