lertsenemJan 18

The Séance of Blake Manor was good, but still harbor the two core issues plaguing detective games:

  • stuff your character understands (and solve) before you do and, worse,
  • stuff you understand before your character (and then must painfully find the game designer's intended way to solve a mystery you've already figured out).

Still, those are very hard issues for the genre, and the game is pleasant enough and well written despite them.

#videogames #gamecrit #detectivegame

lertsenemJul 22, 2025

A beautiful short article about playing Final Fantasy for the first time today, by Kimimi. I loved every part of it.

#gamecrit #gaming #FinalFantasy

Final Fantasy: The hardest fight in this game is with myself

Final Fantasy, that old ’80s Squaresoft RPG, is an incredibly important piece of the company’s history. Heck, it’s an important piece of gaming’s history. It’s the beg…

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Show threadlertsenemMay 21, 2025

Another good piece on #1000xResist, this time by Wallace Truesdale, talking about how the game pictures violent rebellion against injustice and puts it into perspective in all its dangerous complexities.

What's the line

#gamecrit #videogames

What's The Line?

An explosive moment in 1000xResist lays bare the complexities of violence and rebellion.

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lertsenemMay 15, 2025

Very good read by Reno Evangelista about #1000xResist, the story it tells and the Communion it tries to achieve.

1000xResist: The You That Remains

Full of spoilers of course, but also made me wanna replay through the game with newfound knowledge. Hekki ALLMO.

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1000xRESIST: The You That Remains - The Pile - Medium

I’m going to tell you a story. Once upon a time, I was fourteen or fifteen years old and gay. One of those things is still true. Sometime during a month I don’t remember, on a day I don’t remember…

The Pile
andy, a cosmic horrorApr 27, 2022

recently wrote this piece on Resident Evil 3's remake, the Nemesis, and how the developers misunderstood the purpose/appeal of the iconic monster #residentevil #gamecrit 💚 🧟

https://debugmode.io/no-s-t-a-r-s-how-resident-evil-3-neutered-a-nemesis/

No S.T.A.R.S.: How Resident Evil 3 neutered a Nemesis

When the Nemesis first attacked me in Resident Evil 3, I was terrified. It was 1999, and I’d already played Resident Evil 2, dabbled in other horror games, watched too many episodes of The X-…

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