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"Just gotta have a little faith," Character Review: Let's talk Dutch. Let's talk Red Dead Redemption 2.

"Just gotta have a little faith," Character Review: Let's talk Dutch. Let's talk Red Dead Redemption 2.

Worldbuilding isn’t just about building the settings or the cultures of the world you’re populating. Character histories are important, and your character is going to have preexisting relationships prior to the start of your story. Those relationships shape your protagonist and therefore impact the plot, especially so in character-driven stories. Red Dead Redemption 2 (RDR2)is a character-driven plot (I would argue that most good narrative games are character-driven) that focuses on the player character, Arthur, and his relationship with the gang’s leader Dutch.

Book Review: Blood, Sweat, and Pixels

Book Review: Blood, Sweat, and Pixels

I love videogames. Blood, Sweat, & Pixels gave me a renewed respect for the incredible work that goes into each and every one of the games I have loved and liked. It gave me a renewed dislike for company mismanagement that destroyed the prospects of so many games (like neutering Dragon Age II).