🔄 Reconnect Recap for w/e 24th November '24
Connecting you to even more great games writing
It’s another issue of the Reconnect Recap! The bastard child of Reconnect, the games writing discovery platform.
Its been a week of nominating things, and a week of being upset by said nominations, but hey that’s life, so let’s get going with our own nominations for things you should read!
Reminder, we have our own Discord community with the hopes of getting writers and fans of games writing chatting and connecting, if you’re interested jump in and say hi.
The Recap
Last week we covered the twentieth anniversary of Half Life 2, this week it’s another anniversary, Retro Dodo reflects on the twenty years since the Nintendo DS was launched and
walks us through the best Pokemon-like games for the Dual screen handheld.The reminders that we’re old don’t stop there, Time Extension, quickly becoming a fan favorite blog of mine, has an article on a modded tiny GameCube and Classic Game Revival dives deep into what made the original Grand Theft Auto so different, and the impact its had on the industry.
Time Extension strikes again with a piece outlining the Atari Smartwatch for gamers which failed it kickstarter in 2017 leaving many fans out of pocket and quite angry, and another piece on gaming bookmaker Bitmap Books on their dreams to work with Nintendo.
SuperJump Magazine, provides a very in depth piece on the power of the written narrative, in such games like Pentiment, and Psychonauts 2, to transport you to another location.
is back with their view on how Remedy keeps themselves afloat amongst the collapse of the AAA space, provides a summary of the industries financial position, in their Games Industry Finance Cheat Sheet: Autumn 2024, and answers the question of, which game genre is growing in South Korea?Thank you all for your time this week, I hope you had some fun with our nominations, and we’ll see you same time next week.
Something Extra
The mystery of Games Development is something that is being slowly unravelled one small step at a time, from game analytics, to behind the scenes docos. This week we share a different direction, a fictional story about a young developers first ten years in the industry, in Stephanie Volpi’s, Technically Nobody.
Writer Recap
This week’s writer showcase is
, Kevin is a great writer who’s published some of my favorite articles of late. We’re even planning a collaboration soon, so keep an eye out! Check out Kevins substack, I recommend giving Is There Such A Thing As Too Much? and Do Games Grow Along With Us? a read and obviously, give them a follow.
