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In The Moment
Telltale Games alumnus Chuck Jordan (The Curse of Monkey Island, Sam & Max) joins us to talk about strategies that can put the player into the dramatic moments of a game's story. How do we balance the need for agency, and the expectations of genre, when our focus is giving players a great moment they've been looking forward to, followed by another, and another...
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