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Syntax Error: Game Narrative vs. Gameplay

SE sits down to look at the dichotomy between a game’s story and its mechanics, framed through an article by Thomas Grip, and how best to utilize/reconcile the two into a coherent experience.

Bon MOTS: Spider-Man: Homecoming

The Lost Signals reviews a new teenage angst-comedy that follows an awkward young man with father issues as he navigates school, responsibilities, and finding a date to the homecoming dance.

Syntax Error: Role Playing Games

SE presents the second of our ongoing talks within major game genres, this time focusing on the myriad ins, outs, and oddities of role playing games and their related ilk.

Syntax Error: Interview with HappyRock Studios

SE sits down with the two-person team of Jeremie Duval and Corey Selover, developers at HappyRock Studios, to discuss their recently completed game Zorbit’s Obits, as well as the overall process of its creation and release.

Buy the game at: http://www.zorbitsorbits.com/

http://gamejolt.com/games/zorbitsorbits/248021

https://cg923.itch.io/zorbits-orbits

follow on Twitter:

Jeremie @JeremieDuval ‏

Corey @CoreySelover ‏

Check out some more of Jeremie’s art at: jeremieart.tumblr.com 

Bon MOTS: Alien: Covenant

MOTS takes an ill-fated journey on a colony ship to a distant planet populated by an android with a god-complex and more xenomorphs in Ridley Scott’s latest entry in the Alien film franchise.

Bon MOTS: Twin Peaks Retrospective

25 years after the original series concluded, Bon MOTS takes a seat at the Great Northern hotel, orders a damn fine cup of coffee, and discusses the legacy of the cult classic show Twin Peaks in light of its recent revival in a new season.