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Reloading Nostalgia: Classic Modes in Online Gaming

Every great artist has to remove their brush from the canvas at some point. Eventually, the world sees your art, and you receive feedback…

Dec 3

A promotional image for Fortnite OG — the return of the original game mode

Dec 3

Shock Without Value — What Happened to The Boys Season 4?

Full Spoilers for Season 4 of The Boys follow

Jul 19

Shock Without Value — What Happened to The Boys Season 4?

Jul 19

Faster Than Light: The Double-Edged Sword of Starfield’s Fast Travel

Contains vague story spoilers for Starfield main quest up to “Into the Unknown” — read at your own risk. Contains no spoilers for Outer…

Sep 16, 2023

Faster Than Light: The Double-Edged Sword of Starfield’s Fast Travel

Sep 16, 2023

Gaming Has No Class (Consciousness)

Sep 12, 2023

Gaming Has No Class (Consciousness)

Sep 12, 2023

Crash Team Rumble Made Me Existential (About The Business Side of Video Games)

In what I’d call an interesting crossover of game design and financial decision-making — the recently released Crash Team Rumble has…

Jul 4, 2023

Crash Team Rumble Made Me Existential (About The Business Side of Video Games)

Jul 4, 2023

Script: No Use Crying Over Spilt Milk

So this is something extremely different to anything I’ve put on Medium before, but I wrote a short script to just practice writing…

Jun 27, 2023

Script: No Use Crying Over Spilt Milk

Jun 27, 2023

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Detecting Stray Thoughts: Subjectivity and Perspective in Disco Elysium and Psychonauts 2

Mild Spoiler Warning: Disco Elysium, Psychonauts 2

Sep 9, 2021

Detecting Stray Thoughts: Subjectivity and Perspective in Disco Elysium and Psychonauts 2

Sep 9, 2021

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Writing What’s Expected: In Defence of Predictability

Spoiler Warning: Game Of Thrones, Star Wars (Original Trilogy and The Bad Batch), Invincible, The Walking Dead.

Aug 10, 2021

Writing What’s Expected: In Defence of Predictability

Aug 10, 2021

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Playing with Morality: What RPGs Can Learn From Immersive Sims

Spoiler warning for: Prey (2017), BioShock (2007)

Jun 9, 2021

Playing with Morality: What RPGs Can Learn From Immersive Sims

Jun 9, 2021

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Why this 2 Week Lockdown Feels Worse

It has been a tough year.

Jun 6, 2021

Why this 2 Week Lockdown Feels Worse

Jun 6, 2021

Austin Gallagher

Austin Gallagher

Twenty-something with thoughts about stuff. BA in Politics and criminology, movie/tv/video game enthusiast.

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