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Line Hollis on King’s Quest IV and Manuals

It’s funny. I was raised on these games, so there was definitely a time when I was a dutiful manual reader. I remember excitedly yanking the manuals out of the game boxes on the way home from the computer store. … Continue reading

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Line Hollis on Games and Narrative

Line Hollis has a new post up about “story blindness” (I don’t think I like the term much). A sample: I’ve got a particular love for stories that build up or hint at an elaborate, vivid world, then dissolve into … Continue reading

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Playing Through the No Interaction Mixtape

In light of all the game formalist whatever nonsense that has been flying around the video game internet recently, Line Hollis made another fabulous mixtape. It is called the No Interaction Mixtape, and I encourage you to go look at … Continue reading

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