People have surprisingly strong opinions about how other people should press buttons. Ask whether a controller or keyboard and mouse is better for an MMORPG and you’ll find plenty of arguments for both. Keyboard players have more keys and quick access to menus....
An RPG can give you an enormous map, hundreds of NPCs, several cities and enough map markers to make the local cartographer quietly resign. None of that necessarily makes its world feel alive. We’ve all seen game worlds that are technically full of things but somehow...
There is a particular kind of logic that only makes sense while playing an RPG. You find an incredibly powerful healing item. It can completely restore your party, cure every status effect and possibly make everyone feel better about several poor decisions made...
The kingdom is burning. An ancient evil has returned. Reality itself may collapse by Thursday. Anyway, somebody in the village has lost their cat. We have priorities. RPG side quests have a peculiar ability to derail even the most urgent heroic journey. The main story...
I have unfinished games, and then I have unfinished games. Sometimes I start something, discover that I’m not particularly enjoying myself, and stop. No tragedy occurs. The game and I simply acknowledge that this relationship has run its course and go our separate...
