You have to bear in mind that when gamers say "the story is great"...
Longform
When writing The Aspiration I wanted to convey the psychological hell the game plunges...
"Kent, of course, was just defending himself in the only way he knew how....
![[image of Gwaul]](https://www.electrondance.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/con_gwaul.png)
"For most of the game, I’d bought into this concept and enjoyed the heft...
![[canary wharf]](https://www.electrondance.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/canary-wharf.jpg)
"We don't need coffee this morning, because the first presentation of the day is...
![[tommy angelo with baseball bat, multiple poses]](https://www.electrondance.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/mafia-parallel-universe.jpg)
"Then there's this time Morello's henchmen rush the car lot and I scarper instead...
I was left with the impression of a punishing field where failure was modus...
"But then Stern poked a stick into what appeared to be one of his...
![[proteus game title screen]](https://www.electrondance.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/Proteus-2011-10-22-23-44-30-82.png)
"Proteus is an exploration game by developer Ed Key and musician David Kanaga, an...
![[woman before lake before mountain]](https://www.electrondance.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/aso.jpg)
"Both of us spent countless hours wandering the neglected alleyways and meandering train routes...
