Reconnect Recap - w/e 25th May
A weekly newsletter highlighting some of the best articles to feature on Reconnect in the past week.
Kia Ora folks
Welcome to another week of the Reconnect Recap, the companion newsletter to Reconnect, a website that aggregates hundreds of games writers work into one easy to use location. It’s my way of reminding the world that games writing isn’t dead!
This week we’re diving into some great write ups about narrative design, RPGs, and more Doom news.
Let’s dig in.
Great Write Ups
Making friends the retro way. The latest guest writer on
talks about how retro game collection helped them make friends.Turning games into movies. It’s become a common thing to hear that X game is being turned into a movies, despite a very spotty history of success stories. 70% Complete has a list of games that would make a better movie than Elden Ring.
- found themself in a Bethesda mood and played Starfield, I quite like that game for all it’s failings and enjoyed this article.
Who decides on Morals in games: A very in depth piece from
about micro transactions who decides where the moral line sits.Improve your way to better games writing.
teaches us how to ‘yes-and’ our way to create better narrative in video games.ARMs 2 Xbox Edition. As other tech platforms convert over to ARM,
ponders if Xbox moving to ARM would be a good move.No one is forcing you to finish a game. Rewinder reminds us all that if the games no longer fun, you are not beholden to finishing it.
When games don’t act like games. Natalie Lawhead has had a chance to try out some great games people have been reaching out them to play, and has some fun thoughts on what it takes to be a game.
Mersey-Side Darby: Game Wisdom explains how Football has influenced game design.
The rules of an RPG: Too many wires explains the rules that a game needs to have to call itself an RPG.
- interviews Christoffer Bodegård a developer on an upcoming CRPG to talk shop about how the genre is moving forward and evolving.
Ninten-don’t care any more: Its been growing in conversation the past few years but
lays out how Nintendo has changed for the worst.
Fun Tidbits
I love this new age of 3D printing mods for gaming peripherals, especially this sleek looking case that not only holds the Steam Deck but turns it into a laptop. , via Overkill.
Want to learn to draw? Got a VR headset, maybe you should try Pencil! A new education tool, via sidequesting.
Love physical game merch? Independent game publisher Lost in Cult has entered the game, I’m personally interested Thank Goodness You’re Here! via Console Creatures.
Nintendo DS lovers might finally have a duel screen emulation device to continue playing their beloved games. Via Retrododo.
Another week, another piece of Doom news. Someone made the Doom bathroom in real life and the house is now for sale. Via Aftermath.
There is a new Katamari game for the first time in 14 years, Gamefile shares their thoughts on the new rolling game.
In a surprise to no one, GMTK is making another game.
A famous video game where the developers decided that the mechanics weren’t perfect until they made them laugh.
Writer Recap
is the writer we’re shouting out this week. Recently joined the platform and has been pumping out some really good reads, from their thoughts on Clair Obscur and whether nostalgia gives us roses tinted glasses.Go give them your email!
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Pencil VR seems so interesting. I can't imagine wearing a headset for that long but seems like a cool way to make it accessible to more people who want to learn drawing.
Also... What a fun fact about Street Fighter! Great recap as always!
Always happy for a shout out :)