HeyJaredProfessor David's Game Journal
Game criticism from a Ph.D. with expertise in media, religion, philosophy, and video games
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Octopath Traveler 0 and the Second Naivete of JRPGs (opens the original)
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How to Critique a Game: Ludic Tempo (opens the original)
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