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Games: Chained Echoes, Humble Bundle, and GOG Winter Sale

Posted by Roy Schestowitz on Dec 13, 2022

Android Leftovers

Android Leftovers

↺ Chained Echoes

Fail Forward is bad for gaming

↺ Fail Forward is bad for gaming

> By gaming, I’m not gonna limit gaming to Maro’s four traits (goals, restrictions, agency, and a lack of real-world relevance). Instead, I’m gonna use a definition of gaming that’s broad enough to encompass all processes meant to determine the outcome of something. I’m not just talking about player skill games like chess or baduk here, or games with a mix like Uno or Rummy. A game can be 100% stochastic like Bingo, Candy Land or Snakes & Ladders and I’m still going to argue that Fail Forward is bad. Or it can be a 100% story telling activity like Rory’s Story Cubes and I’m still gonna make the same case.

> Maybe the one place I’m narrowing the definition is gonna be for the word “bad”. I mean “counterproductive”. If you’re using eighties slang and think bad is good, then this essay isn’t gonna fly with that.

Chained Echoes is as close as you can get to retro-styled RPG perfection

↺ Chained Echoes is as close as you can get to retro-styled RPG perfection

> I am rarely this enthusiastic about games, especially retro-styled games because so many miss the mark in numerous ways but thankfully Chained Echoes is just brilliant.

Humble Bundle are bringing back popular limited bundles throughout this week

↺ Humble Bundle are bringing back popular limited bundles throughout this week

> Humble Bundle have announced that throughout this week, they will be sticking up older popular bundles for a very limited time and limited amount of purchases so keep an eye for some fun hits to stock up on.

GOG are giving away Ghost of a Tale during their 2022 Winter Sale

↺ GOG are giving away Ghost of a Tale during their 2022 Winter Sale

> Tis the season to buy more games to keep warm and all that. The GOG Winter Sale is live, and you can get a free copy of Ghost of a Tale.

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