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Final Fantasy: Crystal Chronicles
A Retrospective
A look back at Crystal Chronicles’ mist-soaked majesty
A pixel-art passport control desk, including a rulebook, rubber stamps and keys. A traveller stands at the desk, petitioning for entry
on videogames
Papers Please
Games of 2013
Breathing humanity back into border control bureaucracy
The Inn at Pandora, from Secret of Mana. Three heroes stand on the path outside, surrounded by green grass and colourful flowers
on videogames
A Place to Rest Your Head
At the end of a long day’s adventuring, there’s always room at the Inn
An armoured knight, sat at a bonfire
on videogames
One Hundred Hours of Solitude
The pleasures of offline play
A soft-focus sex scene between Shepard and Liara from Mass Effect 3
on videogames
Gratifying Play
Sex and intimacy can have considerable narrative power. So why are videogames so bad at it?
The *Tabula Rasa* logo; a pair of wings either side of a three-part orb
on videogames
The Road to Ruin
What does the advent of always-online games mean for digital preservation efforts?
A pixel-art scene from *One Chance* of a group of scientists in an office. A whiteboard shows a trend-line going up, and a banner saying "Well Done!" is hung across the wall
on videogames
The Luxury of Living Again
What if you had only One Chance to save the world?
A view through art deco windows to a city of underwater buildings
on videogames
On the Verge of Rapture
No matter how close I come to enjoying Bioshock, it always stands in my way
The arch over the exit of the Grand Pier. It reads "Thank you for visiting. Come again soon" in red and yellow letters
on videogames
From the Ashes: The Death of an Arcade
When a childhood pilgrimage went up in flame, I knew I had to go back
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