Character and place
Night in the Woods: a town understood through its people
Exploration and conversation provide the official frame for an adventure focused on story and character.
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ISSUE 01 / STORY
A clue. A place.
Another point of view.
Narrative adventures and investigations, considered through evidence, conversation and the worlds around them.
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THE CURRENT COLLECTION
Eight stories worth examining.
Supernatural thriller
Oxenfree: an island outing with a different kind of tension
A group of friends and an accidental supernatural event give an overnight island trip the structure of a thriller.
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Family stories
What Remains of Edith Finch: a house as an archive
Exploring a family home becomes a way to encounter several unusual stories about the people who lived there.
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Investigative deduction
Return of the Obra Dinn: a ship full of unanswered identities
A lost vessel provides the setting for an investigation whose interest lies in connecting people with evidence.
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Bureaucratic decisions
Papers, Please: the human situation inside a document check
A border-inspection job turns a set of rules and papers into a sequence of decisions about people.
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Detective role-playing
Disco Elysium: choosing what kind of detective to become
A detective’s investigation is framed by a distinctive skill system and a city full of people to question.
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Historical narrative
Pentiment: an illustrated world under suspicion
An artist’s place in a changing community provides the frame for murders, scandals and historical intrigue.
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Case reconstruction
The Case of the Golden Idol: an explanation you have to assemble
A collection of unusual deaths provides the material for freely investigating clues and constructing a theory.
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A NOTE FROM THE EDITORIAL DESK
Leave room for your own interpretation.
We look at the relationship between a game’s central idea and the kind of experience a reader might want. Each article separates published facts from editorial interpretation and links to the official store listing used for research.
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