HeyJaredPlay Moore
Medievalist and game studies scholar Evan C. Moore posts rants inspired by student questions and whatever he finds interesting at the time.
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On Forming a Student Group to Play The Last of Us (opens the original)
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It’s 26 September, or the 13th anniversary of the Outbreak in The Last of Us (2013). Happy Outbreak Day!This semester, I’ve been supervising a dialogue group that we’ve named “The Last of Us and Community.” We’ve been playing the game together, and some of us are gathering throughout the school year to discuss academic chapters/articles about fan reception, the HBO adaptation, and (of course) the “woke” label that’s been placed on both games and the show alike.In this article, I share my experie
Grading a Fellow Gamestacker’s High School Bioshock Essay (opens the original)
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Chants of Sennaar and an Alchemy that Liberates (opens the original)
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In April, the Good Game Lobby discord gaming club played and met to discuss Chants of Sennaar (2023). In this article, I’ll do a brief summary of the game, and I’ll spend some time walking through its alchemy.Here’s a link to join the discord. We’ve been playing Big Walk, and we’re playing Firewatch for September, so come hang out![discord link, expires on 14 Sept]Now, without further ado: All hail Transformation.Chants of Sennaar presents an alchemy entirely based in the physical world with a p
The 5 Games I'm Most Looking Forward to from Choices Matter Fest (opens the original)
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[Note: This article is truncated in some emails, so you’ll want to read the whole thing on a browser or in the Substack app.]Choices Matter Fest has one day left for its sale, though its broadcast has ended. You can still find the sale here: https://store.steampowered.com/sale/choices-matter-festivalThis will be my final CMF 2026 article. It’s been fun to keep up with, and even more fun to play a few demos. Chants of Sennaar next, then a newsletter announcement, then more industry and thematic s
How Should Choices Be Balanced with Good Storytelling Tools? (opens the original)
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I love when games make decisions for me and force me to live with the consequences.1 More, I love when games allow me some decisions and deny me others. Looking at which moments are malleable and which are in stone provides useful and meaningful thematic analysis every time.Jon Ingold, narrative director at Inkle (Heaven’s Vault, Overboard!, the new TR-49) and author of interactive fiction, ends the Choices Matter Festival broadcast (still runn
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