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GYGO: Dire Straits at the Disco
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GYGO: Square Enix, Square Enix, Sony
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March Roundtable: Luck Mechanics
Sidequest discusses luck mechanics in games and what luck can add to—or detract from—a game like Dungeons & Dragons or Disco Elysium.

GYGO: In Another Life, I Would Have Loved Doing Taxes With You, an Anime Girl
In this week’s gaming news: MSCHF launches anime girl tax prep, Ubisoft looks toward AI for games writing, and more.

GYGO: Dire Straits at the Disco
In this week’s gaming news: contrasting stories from Disco Elysium developer ZA/UM and its former team members, layoffs, shakeups, and more.
OPINION

Horizon Forbidden West: Vast World, Shallow Worldbuilding
Horizon Forbidden West’s clumsy reproduction of real-world politics results in a disjointed story with incohesive worldbuilding.

Horizon Forbidden West, Authorship, and Identity
Horizon Forbidden West’s focus on Aloy’s identity is at odds with its ideas about authorship, creating a disjointed experience of play.

Grow Up: Unlikable Characters in Jenny LeClue: Detectivú
Jenny LeClue: Detectivú’s bratty protagonist is the perfect ingredient in a middle grade story that also happens to be about children’s fiction.
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It Was Inevitable: An Interview with Tarn Adams on Dwarf Fortress
Elvie Mae Parian discusses everything Dwarf Fortress—new updates, monetization, and the upcoming graphical version—with Bay 12 cofounder Tarn Adams.

Tasting Home: An Interview With Meowfia Games
Elvie Mae Parian chats with Filipino game development studio Meowfia Games about Filipino representation and the cultural importance of food in Taste of Home.

Four Indie Game Studios to Watch Out For in 2020
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NEWS

GYGO: Dire Straits at the Disco
In this week’s gaming news: contrasting stories from Disco Elysium developer ZA/UM and its former team members, layoffs, shakeups, and more.

GYGO: Square Enix, Square Enix, Sony
In this week’s gaming news: Square Enix’s blockchain dreams continue, Final Fantasy XVI confirmed to be an RPG, and more.

GYGO: State of Play, Pokémon Day, More Bans at Bay
In this week’s gaming news: a slew of Sony news, a plethora of Pokemon news, and Atomic Heart is under the microscope for Russian connections.
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