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  • The Split Personalities And Alter Egos Of Horror Games

    kotakuaustralia

    There’s a (mostly) unspoken axiom among players and designers that a video game avatar should fit the player like a tailor-made glove fits the hand. The ideal avatar, this theory holds, is an extension of ourselves; an attractive and comfy container that invites us to step inside. Any friction that makes us aware of our…

  • Flotsam Is Waterworld: The Strategy Game

    Flotsam Is Waterworld: The Strategy Game

    Luke Plunkett

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    Flotsam is an upcoming town-builder on PC set in a desolate future where everything has sunk beneath the waves. Players are left to scrounge the surface (and the depths) for construction materials, while avoiding things that are trying to trash your floating settlement.