Viewfinder has a fresh POV on puzzle games
Plus, a ton of "perspective" games you may have missed.
This week on The Besties: Viewfinder
Viewfinder is the latest entry in the growing subgenre of puzzle games that play with perspective. Are its puzzles fun or infuriating? Does its story about global warming amount to more than cheeky post-it notes? And just how clever should a puzzle game be?
We answer those questions and much more. In the back half of the episode, we dig into photography in games. Let us know how y’all use (or don’t use) photo modes in the comments.
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Games discussed:
Viewfinder, Portal, Antichamber, the Echochrome series, the Monument Valley series, Fez, Quantum Conundrum, Tears of the Kingdom, Afrika, Umurangi Generation, Snapshot, the Fatal Frame series, The Last of Us: Part 2, I Am Looking for 3024 People, Nobody Saves the World, Ridiculous Fishing Ex, Phantasy Star Online Blue Burst.
Hardware discussed:
That image of Polaroid Pete / Gekibo: Gekisha Boy:
Photographer or pervert? You decide!
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Next week on The Besties:
Pikmin 4 and Might and Magic Clash of Heroes Definitive Edition
Bonus links:
Polygon’s review of Viewfinder
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Bless Jeremy Parish for the countless hours he has put into gaming history preservation:
I can't believe you guys didn't mention the photography in Bioshock. I really liked how it actually gave an incentive to engage with it.
https://ephinea.pioneer2.net/ is a link to the server griffin uses, your link is to a different server
also if you can set up auto posting to a tumblr I will follow there
first result I found https://dlvrit.com/action/auto-post-substack-to-tumblr