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2026/06 ebilog: video essay, strawpage roundup
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Culture
Hi, it's ALTER. This is a two-part post. Opinions are my own. I. drowning in lcl Have you watched this video yet? No, because it was posted yesterday? So unders...
When should you make a visual novel? (Let's Talk About VN Jams!)
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Odds are if you are reading this post on itch.io, you probably have some idea of what a jam is. The super short version for those that don't: game jams are game...
Who Makes Visual Novels? Part 1. Indie Game Developers & Their Challenges
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This is the first part of a series of posts I where I aim to talk about different types of people who have come to visual novels to create. This is the WHO of v...
I want to fight my friends in the back of a moving truck.
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I’m barely six months old, and my parents are putting their entire lives into a few suitcases. This isn’t the first time either of them have moved, and it w...
12 months of Rainer Werner Fassbinder
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Culture
My resolution for 2025 was to watch everything Rainer Werner Fassbinder made in release order. I was inspired by this bluesky post which I'd seen in late Decemb...
Uncrankd Game Jam 2025 Winter Edition
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TL;DR: I'm surprised by many of the game entires. Often they are well rounded little games, with menu, instructions, story intros, scene transitions and some of...
I Miss Blaseball (But Mostly Ortiz Morse)
Culture
In struggling with the grief of the world in 2020, Blaseball was a respite. On its surface, it's a harmless free game that doesn’t ask for your money, only yo...
Group Meets Game: Scum and Villainy
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Culture
Originally I wanted to write a hot-take on Forged in the Dark game design, before I realized I like writing about my play experience and picking specific gripes...
Happy 2nd Birthday, Trash the Planet!
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Hey everyone. How are you doing? Two years have passed since we released Trash the Planet . On behalf of This Game Is Haunted, I wanted to say thank you again f...
RPG analysis - I screen, you screen, we all screen for GM screen
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I screen, you screen, we all screen for GM screen humble tool, status symbol, relic of a fading past This is not a peer-reviewed academic article. This is the e...
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RPG analysis - Do roleplayers dream of algorithmic sheep
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Algorithmic cultures in tabletop roleplaying games Do roleplayers dream of algorithmic sheep? This is not a peer-reviewed academic article. This is the end-term...
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Videodanza “Ensayo sobre la lentitud”
Culture
Como equipo, vivimos en la saturación de experiencias lo cuál podría ser irónico o contradictorio con nuestro título. No lo es: en ensayo sobre la lentitud...
Ensayio SLL - El solo sale para todas
Culture
Concordancia Buena parte del trabajo sucedió de manera paralela y un punto interesante fue la comunicación. La comunicación para que, antes de tener algo vis...
Lección aprendida: en ambientes artificiales, se necesita interacción humana-planta.
Culture
Lección aprendida: en ambientes artificiales, se necesita interacción humana-planta. Cada una de las secuencias de la planta es un trabajo de mínimo 5 días...
RPG analysis - Narratives Against the Time-Machine
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Narratives Against the Time-Machine how playing stories can affect people’s perspective on time, the universe and everything This is not a peer-reviewed acade...
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RPG analysis - The rulebook made me do it
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The rulebook made me do it how different kinds of readers relate to RPG texts This is not a peer-reviewed academic article. This is the end-term essay for the A...
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