Author: Mirko

2021-01-16 / Places / Deus Ex: Mankind Divided

Learning to leave undone

Prague, the HUB world of Mankind Divided is packed—but not with people or quests, but with possibilities.

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2020-12-12 / Sounds / Portal

Consequential

An artificial Intelligence singing about how it is still alive is absolutely normal in Portal.

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2020-12-05 / Moments / Wave Race 64

Back where I started

We love Wave Race. About the magic to reset everything and start from the very beginning.

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2020-11-25 / Encounters / Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1+2

A Million Tricks

Skateboarding is hard, Tony Hawk’s is pure joy. What Neversoft got so right twenty years ago.

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2020-11-04 / Moments / Doom Eternal

Of fireballs and flamethrowers

When one of the most infamous ego-shooter games suddenly resembles Super Mario, the virtual suffering becomes strangely familiar.

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2020-10-10 / Places / Super Mario 64

A kingdom for a castle garden

The castle garden of Super Mario 64 is the world’s best tutorial level because it perfectly knows how to use three things: time, space and respect.

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2020-08-12 / Sounds / The Last of Us Part II

Once, we were like you

Nothing of this is real, I always tell myself. It is a game, a tale. Or is it not? How a Norwegian pop song brings The Last of Us 2 scarily close to reality.

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2020-07-15 / Encounters / Ape Out

All That Jazz

Building worlds and delivering emotional hooks is hard. It is often fascinating, how indie studios manage that against the backdrop of scarce resources and existential…

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