Wolfgang Westdorp

Originally I wanted to compare Far Cry 3 and 4 as it was Far Cry 3 that set the thematic standard for the next two mainline games in the...

Themes are the maypole that all else is spun around. Without it, the elements of the story are but ribbons in the wind: directionless,...

Let it be known at the top that there are two forms of agency in games. The first is conventional narrative agency, or a character’s...

As the medium we all love and admire continues to grow before our very eyes, the various facets of games grow as well. Tech becomes...

There is a misconception that games can not teach us anything if not directly educational. A notion I would like to rebuke as it...

With the release of Fire Emblem: Three Houses and the disappearance of over 30 hours of my life, I have encountered an interesting...

I find Villains fascinating, and they are one of my favorite things to dissect when interpreting media. It's much more interesting to...

As I sit staring at a blank page that will one day be a novella, I am reminded of a terse conversation I had with my roommate in October...

Heads up: One of the examples talks about Sexual Assault. A thought occurred to me when writing the Setting entry, something I wanted to...

Now you might have been reading the previous entries and thought to yourselves, "well, this is good and all, but what about people who...

So, I have not played any games with much narrative leaning this week. This is in part because, at the time of writing, my second...

For the past few weeks, I've been engrossed in Super Giant's new game Hades, an isometric hack and slash rouge-like wherein you play as...

First impressions are everything, especially in media. That initial hook for people to latch onto is critical for creating a lasting and...