Category: Analysis
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Roger Ebert’s Mess
In 2005 sometime, I can’t find the original reference, Roger Ebert publicly claimed that video games could never be art. I fell down a rabbit hole about all this in the summer of 2022. I dragged the kids into it with me. 😉 One of the results is the existence of Collab Not Multiplayer. Roger…
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Mutazione
Explore with us! Mutazione was released by Die Gute Fabrik in 2019, and is available on several platforms including PC and Switch. Mutazione is a point and click, narrative adventure, walking simulator, chill, character rich game with a puzzle element. True to itself in tone on all levels, character, soundtrack, aesthetic, and pace. It is…
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Fran Bow and Little Misfortune
When Horror is Their Normal: Communication Around Childhood Trauma in Video Games Welcome to Collab Not Multiplayer! This episode is a very special double feature, of Killmonday Games’: Fran Bow and Little Misfortune. First, due to the seriousness of the subject matter I want to acknowledge the clickbaity flippancy of the thumbnail we designed for…
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Outer Wilds August: Religion
****** SPOILER WARNING FOR OUTER WILDS AND ECHOES OF THE EYE DLC. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED***** Welcome back to Outer Wilds August here at Collab Not Multiplayer! This is our final episode of the series…. Religion. Religion is a hard topic to cover and this was a hard episode to make. I couldn’t pass it…
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Outer Wilds August: Fear
How We Deal with Being Afraid Welcome back to Collab Not Multiplayer: Outer Wilds August!This episode looks into the dark corners of fear as a theme and how it can drive deep storytelling and narrative. Outer Wilds, developed by, Mobius Digital, and published by, Annapurna Interactive is again the focus of our episode. Listen on…
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Outer Wilds August: DLC Echoes of the Eye
Welcome back to Outer Wilds August. In this our 15th episode we thoroughly explore the nature of Echoes of the Eye and discuss how it works as a DLC (Amazing!) and that devolves into themes and storytimes. It like Echoes, is a wild ride! Outer Wilds and its DLC Echoes of the Eye are available…
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Outer Wilds August: Storytelling in an Open World
This our 14th episode of Collab not Multiplayer is the first in a series of four episodes around Outer Wilds. Outer Wilds is a masterpiece of an open world, space exploration, solar system sim, 3-D puzzle platformer, with deep themes, and a big heart. It’s unlike anything we have ever played. Developed by Mobius Digital…
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Open Worlds: Player’s Choice
Welcome to Collab Not Multiplayer’s 11th episode discussing the ways we as players interact with open worlds. We tell stories about how the world engages us but often at the cost of character immersion and/or story. This doesn’t have to be a bad thing! Listen on Youtube or Spotify. Open worlds have to depend on…
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Soundtracks
Music That Moved Us (Featuring TES Skyrim, Sonic CD and Hollow Knight) In this our 10th Episode of CNM, we each delve into the worlds of video game music choosing one piece each that really moved us and stayed with us long after we stopped playing that respective game. Giggleklutz starts us off with Secunda…
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