In Citizen Sleeper 1 you meet a father who is trying to provide a better future for his daughter. For that he thinks he has to get on board of a spacecraft to escape the station you are currently on and to eventually settle on a real planet. However, to get onto the spacecraft, he needs …
In Japanese mythology an onryo is a ghost that came to be, because a soul couldn’t rest due to its desire for revenge. In Ghost of Yotei, Atsu, the protagonist is called Onryo by some, because she came back to her home to exact revenge for what happened 16 years ago. So is Ghost of …
Ghost of Tsushima was a great game that combined stunning visuals with an intriguing story that was mirrored in the mechanics. I was kind of hoping that the developers, Sucker Punch, would leave it at that one game, so that it wouldn’t turn into another series of repetition. But there came Ghost of Yotei, a spiritual …
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In my rewrite of God of War Ragnarok I split it into two parts of the series. God of War Fimbulwintr is described here. Now it’s time for the last entry in my imaginary trilogy, and for my rewritten God of War Ragnarok. In my rewrite I aim to be close to the lore that …
Alright let me tell you, God of War 2018 is one of my favourite games ever. I played it through a couple of times. I admired it for its simplicity, the combination of fun gameplay and intriguing story, as well as the great creative re-interpretation of real-life mythology to frame Norse mythology from the perspective …
What draws me to Magic cards most of the time is their depiction of ideas. I love Cling for Dust, for example, because when I use it, it makes me feel like I am clinging to dust; it describes the idea of an action. Starnheim Unleashed does feel like a horde of angels suddenly appearing …
So, I recently finished God of War Ragnarök. It’s a great game! I had a blast. Though in my opinion it’s not as great as its predecessor GoW 2018. 2018 has quickly become my favourite game after playing it the first time and since then I played it four or five times more always finding …
Last of Us is now a TV Series. The first episodes have gotten positive reviews and it seems like the people involved take the story and characters serious. Yet I can’t help and be a little bit annoyed at it. I have a hard time to understand why this award winning and great-on-its-own game has …
Currently the Magic the Gathering multiverse is suffering by another emergence of Phyrexians. Yes, these “compleated” creatures pose a valid threat in their quest to extinguish all living things and perfect life through mechanical means. But how is this looming, this creeping disaster in the world of MTG translated to the game of MTG. Do …
As announced in a post “Mass Effect: Command and Shepard, Part 1/4“, Story Structure will take a closer look at how the game series handles its theme of leadership. We will look at what tools are used to discuss the theme, how well the different tools work and to what effect they are deployed. In …