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Indie Game Review: Alternate Path
Posted on April 27th, 2009 No comments
Alternate Path asks what a “game” is by playing with the conventions and grammar of video games in general and of the framework created by Shigeru Miyamoto in particular. It is an experiment in form, and I strongly advise that you play it before reading any further; this review seeks to discuss the game in detail and in depth, spoiling every secret and investigating every nook and cranny. A full, complete, and mature understanding of the game cannot be conveyed if I spend the next few pages talking around it and hinting at things that will only be clear in hindsight. So please, dear reader, go and play the game already.
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