In the before time, in the long long ago, when I was more itinerant than I am today there was a ritual I’d go through every time we moved. Given…
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David Klemke
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There was a meme doing the rounds some time ago based on one of the scenes in Blade Runner 2049 (spoiler) centered on the idea that, deep in the masculine…
David Klemke
4 Min Read
The power of nostalgia is undisputed but it’s also a trap that far too many game developers have fallen into. There’s been so many remakes, demakes and other attempts to…
David Klemke
4 Min Read
What can a game developer sacrifice in a game in order to amplify what remains? Some choose to cast aside mechanics, either simplifying or completely doing away with them, something…
David Klemke
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The gaming public often looks to the indie scene for the new innovations; those experimental features that $_BIG_PUBLISHER would deem too risky for inclusion in a blockbuster title. There are…
David Klemke
5 Min Read
I’ve long since abandoned looking through Kickstarter and other crowdfunding platforms for games that I want to fund. Part of it is burnout on the whole concept, with many of…
David Klemke
5 Min Read
Long time Early Access titles always have a…je ne sais quoi about them. For me it feels like putting on someone else’s well worn shoes: you know that they’ve served…
David Klemke
4 Min Read
Some games trigger an internal battle for me: one side arguing that it’s easy to judge a game’s merits by a few key factors whilst the other pushes me to…
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…
David Klemke
5 Min Read
I’ve come to realise that I’ve had an unconscious bias against sequels that are, essentially, more of the same. I think this is because I’ve never been a “one game”…
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