Before I start playing a Bethesda game there’s always this sense of dread, of intimidation. These games are huge beasts, meant to be played for months upon months with the…
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David Klemke
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The sophomore instalment in a successful franchise is always a risky one: simply repeating what you did before but more usually earns the ire of the general public, but not…
David Klemke
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In college my teacher for the course of “Literature on the Internet” (which was still a weird thing back in 2001) asked us to perform a simple task: find her…
David Klemke
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The Witness stands out for many reasons but chief among them, for me at least, was the idea that a meticulously crafted game could still fail at its prime directive:…
David Klemke
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Every so often I stumble across a game that feels like it came from a previous era. Sometimes this is a conscious choice, driven by a desire to evoke the…
David Klemke
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If this is the first review of mine you’re reading (and I entirely blame you for that indiscretion, I’ve been reviewing games for over 10 years now!) then you might…
David Klemke
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Ah yes, this time of year. The one where I get to throw away some of my usual rules on what games I can review and can look more broadly…
David Klemke
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Bashing Kickstarter games for missing their timelines feels like a bit of a dead horse these days. It seems pretty much all of them underestimate just how much work is…
David Klemke
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There have been so many games I’ve shied away from this year because of lack of time. Any game that demands 10+ hours of my time means I probably won’t…
David Klemke
6 Min Read
I’ve tried to think about what it is about loosely or completely disconnected narrative games that irks me so much. To be sure I find interest in stories where there’s…