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Commentary Play

Breaking Harry DuBois

un jour je serai de retour près de toi

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Commentary Play

Games that care about their places get me caring too

Despite not technically existing, a few in-game locations have become places I recognize, in the same way you might recognize your own city or town.

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Play Review

Disco Elysium and Copaganda

Disco Elysium presents a complicated story about a cop on the precipice of redemption and ruin. What does it have to say about policing in general?

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The Many Mondays of Harry DuBois

Disco Elysium is complex enough, narratively speaking, that no two playthroughs of the game are exactly alike. A great deal of the decisions and possible narrative paths are decided by dice rolls and skill checks, to the point where it’s actually possible to die in the first few minutes of the game, whether by failing […]