Spoilers for all Dragon Age, y’all. I have always believed the world would be a kinder place if more people played Dragon Age games. It’s true that BioWare’s high fantasy series hews to a formula common to all their RPGs—thoughtful writing, beautifully-acted companions representing competing ideologies, and above […]
Ever wondered what Elden Ring would be like if it were made by Bethesda, Ubisoft or EA? Well, Gu1maz has it covered with this fine video. (Thanks, Joseph!)
The first article I ever wrote for the Gutter was about an innovative video game called The Indigo Prophecy (Quantic Dream, 2005). It was described as “a breakthrough in interactive narrative”, which may have been an attempt to dissociate it from the short-lived interactive movie genre of the previous […]
It’s a cool gallery of playing cards designed by artists at Nintendo. See them here! (via Friend of the Gutter Kate Laity)
At McElroy Family Clubhouse, Justin and Griffin McElroy play and compete in Dress To Impress. Fashion categories include: nursery rhyme, gamer, podcaster and ennui! Watch here.
So we don’t necessarily feel this way–to say that these shops felt tremendously unwelcoming for some of us here at the Gutter is an understatement–but it’s an thoughtful piece and people’s sense of loss and nostalgia is real. “In the last few months of 2022, I started playing Magic: […]
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