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The Journal of Brix Wagoner, Entry One

Posted on July 25, 2011 by Philip

I can remember the night my family was killed in front of my eyes. We had become too powerful in the eyes of the royal families, and an army of murderers forced their way into our estate in Bastion. I was the only survivor. As I look back over the course that brought me here from that moment, I can only hope I have done my family proud.
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The Killer: My Impressions

Posted on July 11, 2011 by Philip

There have been lots of games that have dealt with focused, specific messages, games that are trying to make a statement. Especially in the flash game arena, titles like Darfur is Dying and September 12th have been pointed to as hallmarks that games can be serious media. For me, though, there was a problem with both of these titles: they looked too stylized, too close to what those who study such things normally think of when they think of Flash games. And they didn’t really provide any character for the player the associate with. Jordan Magnusson’s The Killer changes that. Continue reading →

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