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Familiar Fjords

February 21, 2020 Jennifer Unkle

The past few years have seen an explosion in “narrative” adventure games (some people call them “walking simulators,” but these…

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Posted in: Articles, Reviews, Scanline Original Filed under: Adventure, Draugen, Red Thread Games

The (in)Complete Picture

August 25, 2019 Jennifer Unkle

How do you talk about a game that, through its own design, asks the player to remain silent? That thought…

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Posted in: Articles, Reviews, Scanline Original Filed under: Adventure, FMV, Her Story, Jennifer Unkle, PC, Review, Sam Barlow, Telling Lies

Fear of Commitment: Tokyo Dark’s Player Choice Problem

October 14, 2017 Jennifer Unkle

Here’s a quick thought experiment: how do you write a compelling, agency-driven character without turning them into a blank slate?…

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Posted in: Articles, Editorials, Reviews, Scanline Original Filed under: Adventure, horror, Jennifer Unkle, Review, Tokyo Dark, visual novel

The Silver Case Review: Kill the Past

October 28, 2016 Jennifer Unkle

Out of all the “auteur” game developers that have bounced around over the last few decades, Suda51 (Goichi Suda) felt…

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Posted in: Articles, Editorials, Reviews, Scanline Original Filed under: Adventure, crime, dystopia, Goichi Suda, horror, Killer7, No More Heroes, PC, Shadows of the Damned, Suda51, The Silver Case

No Man’s Sky: The Magic Behind the Mundane

August 29, 2016 Jennifer Unkle

If you’ve been tuned into the conversation around No Man’s Sky for the past few weeks, you’ve likely seen disappointment…

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Posted in: Articles, Editorials, Impressions, Scanline Original Filed under: Adventure, exploration, Exploration Games, imaginative, mundane, No Man's Sky, PC, PS4

FATED: The Silent Oath – Shake It Off

July 22, 2016 Jennifer Unkle

What standard should a VR title be held against when critically examined? We’re mere months into the life of a…

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Posted in: Articles, Reviews, Scanline Original Filed under: Adventure, Episodic, FATED, first-person, virtual reality, Vive, VR

Of Puzzles and Language

February 15, 2016 Jennifer Unkle

Few conversations or articles about The Witness, the rare puzzle game that has ignited nearly everyone’s attention, end without mentioning…

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Posted in: Articles, Editorials, Scanline Original Filed under: Adventure, Cyan, exploration, Jonathan Blow, language, Myst, PC, puzzles, Riven, The Witness

Read Only Memories Review: These Fragments of Time

October 19, 2015 Jennifer Unkle

I often find myself disgruntled with retro indie games. Though the style’s significant titles revitalize their genre of choice with…

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Posted in: Articles, Editorials, Reviews, Scanline Original Filed under: Adventure, cyberpunk, PC, queer, Read Only Memories, Review

Until Dawn Review: Teenage Wasteland

September 18, 2015 Jennifer Unkle

It’s an average weekend evening, and I’m camped out in my friends’ living room, watching two teens edged ever closer…

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Posted in: Articles, Reviews Filed under: acting, Adventure, cinematic, David Cage, horror, PS4, Review, Until Dawn

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