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Writing about games by Gabrielle de la Puente. Click below for written & audio versions :-)

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Red Dead Redemption 2

Red Dead Redemption 2

thinking about escaping into fiction and creating fiction to escape

Love Island S7

it's a dating game show, it counts!

We Dwell in Possibility

We Dwell in Possibility

a review on the new game from Robert Yang and Eleanor Davis

Ghost of Tsushima

Ghost of Tsushima

Can a violent game be too beautiful?

Death Stranding

Death Stranding

thinking about the game's final walk, BB's Theme, narrative structure and control

The Last of Us Part II

The Last of Us Part II

writing about doing things in video games you don't want to do

The Anxiety-Free Cruise

The Anxiety-Free Cruise

writing about tabletop games, imagination, joy and sleep

Fall Guys

I write about playing a survival of the fittest game as a sick person

Mundaun

spoiler-free review of the best game I've played in months

Clawee

I played on a live remote claw machine via an app and I hated it

Maquette

I write about love, needing help, and my world inside a pearl

Art Sqool

not v creative for a game about art

NUTS

photograph squirrels in the forest and hope the game doesn't break

Calico

deadlift horses and run your own cat cafe - thank you

COVID and Coffee Talk

COVID and Coffee Talk

i got covid!!! and then I played this game in bed

Death Stranding

Death Stranding

a spoiler-free review because I want everyone to play my new favourite game

c ya laterrrr

Dan Hett's branching story about the death of his brother

If Found

the most careful game I've ever played - the most trans, irish and working class too

Among Us

the most social I've felt in lockdown thanks to a bit of murder in space

Florence

i needed this game once upon a time but I'm ok now

Before I Forget

Before I Forget

a story about dementia that felt so close to home I walked to see my Nan the next day

God of War

BOYYYYYYY. my first god of war game had everything I could have asked for

Shadow of the Colossus

Shadow of the Colossus

i played this game in one day

The Last Guardian

The Last Guardian

big cute dog cat drove me mad but cool architecture very nice

Life Is Strange

Life Is Strange

I couldn't get over the cheesy writing, or the strange ableist plot point

Mutazione

i built a garden outside over lockdown 1; inside I played this game and it felt like fate

Journey & Call of Duty

Journey & Call of Duty

lockdown is flinging me between anxiety and depression and games are padding the walls

Kentucky Route Zero

Kentucky Route Zero

I think about this game almost every day, even now

In Other Waters

In Other Waters

a game with user interface at the centre. queer love story in space

Animal Crossing

Animal Crossing

thank you pandemic gods for the island getaway

Firewatch

I wish i could play firewatch for the first time all over again, it is special

Wide Ocean Big Jacket

Wide Ocean Big Jacket

a sweet overnight camping trip with family and friends

Pokemon SwSh

this game is too easy. I want pokemon for adults

Untitled Goose Game

Untitled Goose Game

i had a very bad week and goose game gave me free therapy

Super Mario Odyssey

Super Mario Odyssey

I think this is my least favourite of the early reviews, don't read it

Zelda: Breath of the Wild

Zelda: Breath of the Wild

I bought a console for the first time in years and I'm never looking back

Tap Tap Fish

baby's first game review, i don't even remember what I said

GAME THOUGHTS

The Problem with Bad Art and how the game industry could help us solve it

MINI reviews

external GAME stuff

🔗 Presentation titled 'The Great Indoors' for Conference 2021: Virtu(real) Playgrounds at the Peter Weibel Research Institute for Digital Cultures, Vienna

🔗 Consulted on the Serpentine's Future Art Ecosystems: Art x Metaverse publication

🔗 In conversation with Bettina Fung on her text-based game The Sea Changes Into Words for Aspex Gallery

🔗 Interviewing Sian Fan for Site Gallery on her itch.io commission 'Phantom'

🔗 I spoke to Counterpoint about game criticism for their Play issue

🔗 I reviewed Maf'j Alvarez's Eva Quantica for a joint National Gallery x Royal Opera House project

🔗 Live on BBC4 radio's Front Row talking about Occupy White Walls and Prisme 7

🔗 I interviewed Untitled Goose Game makers House House live from Animal Crossing for Now Play This festival 2020

🔗 I spoke about the 'game of the year' certification at Arcadia Dundee 2020

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