Percy Ranson
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Babylon’s Fall Review – Lost in Translation
Despite a strong pedigree and interesting concepts, Babylon’s Fall is a boring, laborious, and unfulfilling action game experience.
Character diversity is more involved than just ticking boxes
Activision Blizzard's diversity tool has come under fire for good reason. What good is something that can't understand character context?
Why Fire Emblem: Three Houses deserves all the fanfiction it can get
When you love a cast of characters, it’s only natural that you want to spend more time with them. Fanfiction is great for that.
Embracing Unreality in Stray Gods
During an evening with the directors of Stray Gods, we learned how Summerfall Studios conceptually approached the mythos of the roleplaying musical.
Fanfiction as dialogue – An interview with the author of ‘Fire Emblem: An Eagle Among Lions’
The author of the renowned Fire Emblem: Three Houses fanfic, titled An Eagle Among Lions, discusses how she sees fanfiction as dialogue.
On Warframe, Cosmic Horror, and Faustian Pacts with the Old Ones
Digital Extreme's free-to-play space ninja game Warframe is the best representation of the Cosmic Horror genre, argues Percy Ranson.
Final Fantasy XIV’s great story is made better by being told in an MMORPG
People rave about Final Fantasy XIV having the best story in the Final Fantasy series, despite it being an MMO. But being an MMO is exactly why it's great.
The Hero’s Journey and Monomyth: Does it work for all games?
The classic idea of the Hero's Journey can be mapped easily to film and literature, but what about interactive games? Well, it isn't as rigid as you think.
Where in the world is your perfect TTRPG group?
Finding a TRPG group is like getting into a relationship. Here's some sage advice for finding the perfect tabletop experience for you.
How I learned to stop worrying, and be an optimistic nihilist
What's the meaning of life? What comes after death? For us, at least some answers can be found in the dystopian fictions of Cyberpunk 2077 and Citizen Sleeper.