Five of the Best: Essays On Videogames
by Rob Haines

Friday Nights in the Hostile Environment: Not Tonight and Satire

The rise of authoritarianism in British politics, and how difficult it can be to balance satire and fun.

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We Don’t Talk Any More: Prince of Persia (2008) & Conversation

Ubisoft’s Prince of Persia reboot is a game about conversation. At least until it matters, then the Prince refuses to listen.

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Pyreflies in the Tower

Exploring the difference between the Right Ending and the True Ending, through The Dark Tower and Final Fantasy X.

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The World Ends With Youth

Revisiting Neku’s odyssey through adolescence to finding his place in the world.

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Tropes of the Kingdom

Tears of the Kingdom wants you to believe that Zelda has agency, but it’s really just cover for the same old problematic tropes.

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