Reconnect Recap - w/e 22nd March
Reviewing the week that's been over on Reconnect
G’day team!
Well it’s official, I live in Melbourne, Australia now! It’s been a busy and stressful few months, and I have a few more ahead of me with finding a job and an apartment etc etc, but I’m already loving my time here, and have met some truly amazing people.
If you are new here, this is the Reconnect Recap, a newsletter dedicated to recapping some of the best articles to feature on my website, Reconnect, over the past week!
Reconnect is a video games writing discovery platform boasting nearly 300 blogs and nearly 40,000 articles, so if you’re ever in the mood for some light reading head on over and check it out.
This weeks issue has us celebrating the return of video game magazines, thoughts from IGF, the history of crash bandicoot, relaxing on the road and much much more, so enjoy!
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Great Write Ups
Subtle Pause: 94 'til Infinity explains that an Ico game isn’t minimal to save on processing power, but as a deliberate exercise in design.
Brewing the Bandicoot: TimeExtension has the deep dive history on the artists who brought Crash Bandicoot to life and what lessons they learned the hard way.
Is Print back, down-under?: Infinite Lives talks about CONTINUE, an Australian video game magazine that’s absolutely smashed it’s funding goal, is print back?
IGF Retrospective: AuraRambles was judging the Independent Games Festival this year and has some thoughts that might help you out of you are looking to submit for next time.
Casino-Core: We hate loot-box gambling, but we love Balatro gambling, what gives? Game-Wisdom explains the indie scene made gambling the new trend.
Reminds me of the PS3: This week Voletic played a new JRPG that reminded them a lot of how those style of games used to be back in the PS3, X360 era.
Huntin’ Nazis: The Indie Informer got a look at an upcoming game all about killing Nazi’s, this isn’t your classic Wolfenstein it’s got more heart.
Making the most of the Music: What happens when a band that broke up years ago, does a one time concert in Fortnite? What’s the point? What’s the impact? Between Music & Gaming takes a look at Daft Punk’s post retirement tie in.
Loving the run: Seasoned Gaming is having a surprising time with Bungie’s Marathon, and like many people are hoping for a bright future.
Country Road, take me home: As someone who used to unwind flying spaceships for hours on end in Elite Dangerous, I can relate to degonyte’s relaxing experience in Trucking Simulator.
What is perfect?: Chasing perfection can be a fruitless endeavour, but it’s a concept in gaming that is often explicitly outlined for you. Game Sense walks through some of the common tactics games use to get you to ‘perfect’.
Fun Tidbits
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