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City builders should stop trying to do everything

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4d ago

City builders should stop trying to do everything

4d ago

Oy, let me miss things

Hidden content, illusory walls, and why completion percentages ruin everything

Mar 16

Oy, let me miss things

Mar 16

I wasted my gaming day chasing a feeling

Why I keep replaying games I’ve already mastered instead of trying something new.

Mar 9

I wasted my gaming day chasing a feeling

Mar 9

I fucking love dwarves

Why I always pick the dwarf, and why most games waste the archetype

Mar 2

I fucking love dwarves

Mar 2

I one-shot everything in Tainted Grail and kept playing

How a AA RPG’s systems fed into each other better than I expected.

Feb 23

I one-shot everything in Tainted Grail and kept playing

Feb 23

The dishwasher problem with crafting in games

Fixing my dishwasher for $10 felt more like ‘crafting’ than any legendary sword I’ve ever forged. Here’s why.

Feb 16

The dishwasher problem with crafting in games

Feb 16

When paying attention pays off

How some games trick you into engaging with their world and lore, and why I love it.

Feb 9

When paying attention pays off

Feb 9

The blacksmith I didn’t mean to befriend

How Tainted Grail: Fall of Avalon creates third places and simulates communities with real feeling NPCs.

Feb 2

The blacksmith I didn’t mean to befriend

Feb 2

Preparation as play: Vintage Story

Digital food preservation, scarcity in the age of abundance, and aesthetically pleasing larders.

Jan 26

Preparation as play: Vintage Story

Jan 26

Why Valheim’s food feels good (and Fallout 4’s doesn’t)

I’m standing at my little Viking campfire, about to fight Eikthyr. He’s the game’s first boss — an enormous glowing stag with electrified…

Jan 19

Why Valheim’s food feels good (and Fallout 4’s doesn’t)

Jan 19

Rooslawn's Unmapped Worlds

Rooslawn's Unmapped Worlds

I'm Rooslawn and I write every Monday. Personal takes on video games, how we build them, and how they make me feel. Subscribe via unmappedworlds.com/newsletter/

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