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The Finnish director behind ‘Alan Wake 2’ is warping the boundaries of games as art (web.archive.org)
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[–] Coelacanth@feddit.nu 6 points 11 months ago

Nice read, Sam Lake is a treasure.

I think I do agree with him about questions versus answers, though it is a careful balance. It can easily backfire, but a mystery laid out for the reader/player to uncover and piece together themselves is more engaging than a neat bow type finish. You just have to make sure to not only provide sufficient clues, but also actually have an underlying structure to uncover. I think JJ Abrams style empty mystery box stuff is garbage, but I don't think that is what Sam Lake is advocating here.