Novel Ties is a series exploring text-heavy games. My friend Penny tweeted about the new Spider-Man game and gave me a…
Novel Ties: Michael Lutz’s Uncle Doesn’t Work at Nintendo
Novel Ties is a short series exploring text-heavy games. Michael Lutz’s games, if we should even call them games, dig…
Novel Ties: MoaCube’s Upcoming “Weirdly Personal Game”
Tom Grochowiak is the “owner” and usual face of MoaCube, the makers of 2012’s Cinders and 2016’s Solstice. He responded…
Novel Ties: Cinders and Success Among the Ashes
Novel Ties is a series exploring text-heavy games. Last week was a real rollercoaster for games journalism. IGN’s Filip Miucin…
Novel Ties: let a rictus be your umbrella for Anchorhead
Novel Ties is a short series exploring text-heavy games. This week, Caroline follows up Reuben’s dive into HP Lovercraft’s influence…
Novel Ties: A Wordless Bird Story
Novel Ties is a short series exploring text-heavy games. The Awesome Adventures of Captain Spirit came out in June as…
Novel Ties: Rakuen’s Ambulance-Siren Song
Novel Ties is a short series exploring text-heavy games. Writing Novel Ties is such a pleasure, because I love the…
Novel Ties: Christine Love’s Emotional and Literal Kinbaku
Novel Ties is a short series exploring text-heavy games. Following visual novels and other narrative games can give you a…
Novel Ties: Inkle-ment Weather
Novel Ties is a short series exploring text-heavy games After ArenaNet fired two Guild Wars 2 writers for arguing with…
Novel Ties: Hanako Games’ Slice of Ren’Py
Novel Ties is a short series exploring text-heavy games. Note: It’s hard to discuss the history of Ren’Py, visual-novel culture,…