Archive - Narrative Design, by Alex Bard

Robocop: Rogue City - Street justice with a dash of empathy

Robocop with a heart.

Aug 23

The Drifter - Pulp mystery and the curse of white flashes

Drifting mysteriously on a 90s Adventure

Aug 19

July 2025

Dreaming of the future - Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams

A neon-colored pastel of dreams about the future.

Jul 25

Peaceful, wholesome games - Eastshade

Eastshade is a space for joy, and we need more of it.

Jul 23

March 2025

Anxiety and the passing of time in 5 Centimeters Per Second, by Makoto Shinkai

Romantic fatalism and falling cherry blossom.

Mar 5

February 2025

Witnessing Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga

A less novel but worthy post-apocalyptic road trip.

Feb 23

Fun in fighting fascism - Wolfenstein: The New Colossus

Wolfenstein 2 is a bit of an overlooked action masterpiece.

Feb 8

January 2025

Searching for magic realism in Stephen King's The Gunslinger (Dark Tower #1)

The Gunslinger is a Western fantasy fellowship of fantastic potential.

Jan 23

Indiana Jones and the Great Circle and the trials of Immersive Sims

The Great Circle is lightweight on Immersive Simming but heavy on Adventure.

Jan 8

December 2024

21 Creative Writing Principles (feat. love letters to friends)

Good writing is about finding the right words. And love letters.

Dec 20, 2024

Narrative lateral design in The Forgotten City (featuring Socratic debates)

The Forgotten City is a moody Adventure-sized immersive mystery.

Dec 8, 2024

November 2024

Hope and disappointment in Disco Elysium (featuring centrist politics)

The freedom of the RPG, the authority of material reality.

Nov 25, 2024

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