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Heroes Villains Gamers Did you play Mass Effect, Walking Dead, Journey, Heavy Rain, Bioshock, Ico or the Stanley Parable..? You will experience the unbelievable and the inexplicable.

Our games and stories here at Heroes Villains Gamers will engage you and entertain you. You will interact with people and places unlike any you have known before. Are you ready? These games are not just shoot ‘em up bloodbaths, expensive graphics and timewasting fluffballs. We bring you the true reality. You know there’s a truth behind every fiction. What’s going on with Religion, Celebrity, Money

, Business, People, Politics, S*x, Death, Idols, School, Technology, War..? Kill the monster – pet the kitten – love the world – take your pick… choose them all! Sink below the surface of reality and…

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Are visual novels ready for a great leap forward?
11/04/2024

Are visual novels ready for a great leap forward?

Where reaction time and manual reflexes are in other genres, visual novels prize critical thinking and the ability to interpret characters’ motivations.

Review: Grand Theft Hamlet
06/04/2024

Review: Grand Theft Hamlet

21/03/2024 - In their SXSW-winning film, Pinny Grylls and Sam Crane retell their unexpected staging of a Shakespearean classic within the notoriously violent video game Grand Theft Auto Online

Open Roads review: a short but bittersweet story about families and secrets
05/04/2024

Open Roads review: a short but bittersweet story about families and secrets

Open Roads is a well-observed, empathetic story about families and secrets, wrapped up in some lovely art and with barnstorming performances at its heart

Hidden choices, small ripples: How CDPR merged cinematics and interactivity in Cyberpunk 2077
04/04/2024

Hidden choices, small ripples: How CDPR merged cinematics and interactivity in Cyberpunk 2077

"[Interactivity] is a way to increase player engagement in story moments, which in turn maximizes immersion."

42 games from legendary British indie Jeff Minter's psychedelic back catalogue are now bundled with an 'interactive docu...
03/04/2024

42 games from legendary British indie Jeff Minter's psychedelic back catalogue are now bundled with an 'interactive documentary' on Steam

Llamasoft: The Jeff Minter Story tells the tale of one of gaming's most legendary figures.

Immersed in narratives: the art of interactive storytelling
09/03/2024

Immersed in narratives: the art of interactive storytelling

Chad Kunimoto talks to GEMA Digital’s Francisco Portal about storytelling when creating interactive entertainment attractions

The Tremendous Yet Troubled State of Gaming in 2024 —  https://buff.ly/3TqVc8M
08/03/2024

The Tremendous Yet Troubled State of Gaming in 2024 — https://buff.ly/3TqVc8M

Receive every essay via email; day of release Email Address Sign Up Thank you! Featured Feb 6, 2024 On Spatial Computing, Metaverse, the Terms Left Behind and Ideas Renewed Feb 6, 2024 What’s old is new again, but sometimes reinterpreted, distorted, or weighted with what came in between. What matt...

Where are you going to find speakers from:MIT Open Documentary LabCD Projekt Red (Cyberpunk: 2077 and Witcher games)+ a ...
02/03/2024

Where are you going to find speakers from:
MIT Open Documentary Lab
CD Projekt Red (Cyberpunk: 2077 and Witcher games)
+ a Twitch Streamer, AI expert and a panel all about the biggest WOW! moments in interactive storytelling?
At the Modern Audience Conference of course… on Monday 4th March between midday and 6pm.
The conference happens online and tickets are free: https://buff.ly/3JUHoxi
WHY?
Because we LOVE interactive stories and the fantastic peeps who make them. OK?
Go here for all the info and to get your free ticket: https://buff.ly/3JUHoxi

A one-day online conference about interactive stories – their creators, fans and commentators. How is interactive storytelling drawing and expanding from video games, social media, advertising and leftfield artistic forms?

Impossible question, but what’s the answer anyway… What would you tell a younger you? Phil Birchenall - join us to find ...
01/03/2024

Impossible question, but what’s the answer anyway… What would you tell a younger you? Phil Birchenall - join us to find out more - 4th March at – - More info & free tickets:

A one-day online conference about interactive stories – their creators, fans and commentators. How is interactive storytelling drawing and expanding from video games, social media, advertising and leftfield artistic forms?

Join us at the Modern Audience Conference   on 4th March. Tickets are free:  Featuring: Kat Cizek (MIT Documentary Lab) ...
01/03/2024

Join us at the Modern Audience Conference on 4th March. Tickets are free:

Featuring: Kat Cizek (MIT Documentary Lab) - Magdalena Zych (CD Projekt Red), Bilal Zafar, Phil Birchenall, Bettina Bodi, Anna Zaluczkowska and Pete Woodbridge.

Organised by: Bellyfeel and Leeds Beckett University

A one-day online conference about interactive stories – their creators, fans and commentators. How is interactive storytelling drawing and expanding from video games, social media, advertising and leftfield artistic forms?

A   that you always come back to…? Bilal  – find out more about Bilal’s work on  4th March at   – free tickets:
29/02/2024

A that you always come back to…? Bilal – find out more about Bilal’s work on 4th March at – free tickets:

A one-day online conference about interactive stories – their creators, fans and commentators. How is interactive storytelling drawing and expanding from video games, social media, advertising and leftfield artistic forms?

What do YOU do to   when you’re stuck on a creative project?– Magdalena from CD PROJEKT RED -- find out more about her p...
28/02/2024

What do YOU do to when you’re stuck on a creative project?– Magdalena from CD PROJEKT RED -- find out more about her process on such as and on 4th March at - free tickets https://buff.ly/3JUHoxi

A   that you always come back to… Phil ? 4th March at   - Free tickets here:
24/02/2024

A that you always come back to… Phil ?
4th March at - Free tickets here:

A one-day online conference about interactive stories – their creators, fans and commentators. How is interactive storytelling drawing and expanding from video games, social media, advertising and leftfield artistic forms?

What do YOU do to   when you’re stuck on a creative project?–  ? find out more with Bilal on 4th March at
23/02/2024

What do YOU do to when you’re stuck on a creative project?– ? find out more with Bilal on 4th March at

A one-day online conference about interactive stories – their creators, fans and commentators. How is interactive storytelling drawing and expanding from video games, social media, advertising and leftfield artistic forms?

An impossible question, but what’s the answer anyway… What would you tell a younger you Magdalena Zych ? -- join us for ...
22/02/2024

An impossible question, but what’s the answer anyway… What would you tell a younger you Magdalena Zych ? -- join us for more from Magda on 4th March at –
More info and tickets: https://buff.ly/3GDhKdy

What do YOU do to   when you’re stuck on a creative project Phil Birchenall ? find out more from Phil about making inter...
21/02/2024

What do YOU do to when you’re stuck on a creative project Phil Birchenall ?

find out more from Phil about making interactive stories with AI on 4th March at https://buff.ly/3JUHoxi

An impossible question, but what’s the answer anyway… What would you tell a younger you? Bilal  - find out more on 4th M...
20/02/2024

An impossible question, but what’s the answer anyway… What would you tell a younger you? Bilal - find out more on 4th March at – - more info and tickets: https://buff.ly/3GDhKdy

A   that you always come back to… ?  Magdalena from CD PROJEKT RED – find out more 4th March at   -- https://buff.ly/3JU...
19/02/2024

A that you always come back to… ? Magdalena from CD PROJEKT RED – find out more 4th March at -- https://buff.ly/3JUHoxi

Leeds Beckett University welcomes acclaimed creatives for The Modern Audience Conference 2024
07/02/2024

Leeds Beckett University welcomes acclaimed creatives for The Modern Audience Conference 2024

Global experts specialising in interactive documentary, twitch streaming, standup comedy, AAA console games, AI and academia feature in free online conference.

The Modern Audience Conference 2024... 4th March online -- tickets available - for free but it will sell out so book you...
06/02/2024

The Modern Audience Conference 2024... 4th March online -- tickets available - for free but it will sell out so book your place now...

For me that’s a long time ago! I remember climbing up into a car we used to have, a Morris Minor, but I must have been six by then. I swear I remember being bathed in the sink as a baby, it’s probably a memory of a memory. Perhaps a stronger recall than reality? Either

Definitely my fave article of the week - and the pics are ace too! Say cheese: Rats like taking selfies --
02/02/2024

Definitely my fave article of the week - and the pics are ace too! Say cheese: Rats like taking selfies --

With a camera attached to their cage, two rodents were taught how to take their own photos over the course of a week — and then kept doing it.

The Last of Us Part 2’s roguelike mode is a playable identity crisis
23/01/2024

The Last of Us Part 2’s roguelike mode is a playable identity crisis

More big-budget roguelikes please

7 Grand Strategy Games That Have In-Depth Stories
13/01/2024

7 Grand Strategy Games That Have In-Depth Stories

In terms of stories and shaping one's story, these grand strategy games provide the most immersive playground for creative players.

The Inquirer’s best interactives of 2023
21/12/2023

The Inquirer’s best interactives of 2023

Our favorite visual stories from the past twelve months

This year's most poignant and powerful narratives were in video games
07/12/2023

This year's most poignant and powerful narratives were in video games

In 2023 the most mature, poignant and thoughtful narratives were in video games. Games such as 'Venba,' 'Thirsty Suitors' and 'Super Mario Bros. Wonder' showed the importance of play-driven narratives.

Find out where the story is going in this most unusual video game “Clive is a Good Guy” -       – and then some more ide...
06/12/2023

Find out where the story is going in this most unusual video game “Clive is a Good Guy” - – and then some more ideas about crossovers between TV gameshows and reality TV – too ambitious? You decide!

Krishna Stott talks through Clive’s story in the game, Clive’s inner drives and guilt + ruminations on gameshows and reality TV in relation to the game being...

How did Clive become Clive..? character and scripts - behind the scenes  Clive is a Good Guy  -   FMV game 15th November...
15/11/2023

How did Clive become Clive..? character and scripts - behind the scenes Clive is a Good Guy - FMV game 15th November 2023-- go here:

Krishna Stott, Richard Davis, Joseph Adams and Taro Craddock in various development meetings about Clive as a character within the story of the game, Clive i...

'Thirsty Suitors' Is a Hilarious and Refreshing Gam
12/11/2023

'Thirsty Suitors' Is a Hilarious and Refreshing Gam

I feel seen by this game.

Unravel a real-life conspiracy in this interactive crime thriller
11/11/2023

Unravel a real-life conspiracy in this interactive crime thriller

A Hand with Many Fingers challenges players to connect the dots of a vast and deadly mystery

Here's a trailer for a trailer that we made for a game. The game is a game and that comes later, the trailer isn't a gam...
26/10/2023

Here's a trailer for a trailer that we made for a game. The game is a game and that comes later, the trailer isn't a game, it's a productivity app that claims to favour procrastination... go figure!

Live by the Spin – app release from Indolent Games 19th October 2023

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