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Mike Shepard

We Interrupt the New Year…

Happy 2023, Earth Citizens!

Jan 4, 2023

Jan 4, 2023

Time Loops and the Modern Sisyphus

When does the dream I get to live become a waking nightmare? Can it be both things?

Dec 31, 2022

Time Loops and the Modern Sisyphus

Dec 31, 2022

Dead Space & Conflict — Part Three — Man and God

When we go looking for something mysterious, at the edge of our world, at the edge of our galaxy, what do we hope to find?

Dec 24, 2022

Dead Space & Conflict — Part Three — Man and God

Dec 24, 2022

Dead Space & Conflict — Part Two — Self and Society

More than the Necromorphs, or EarthGov, or Unitology, the one thing that stands most strongly against Isaac is Isaac himself.

Dec 17, 2022

Dead Space & Conflict — Part Two — Self and Society

Dec 17, 2022

Dead Space and Conflict — Part One — Nature and Technology

[Necromorphs] are not malicious, necessarily (no matter what vibes the shrieking and stabbing give off). They merely seek to exist.

Dec 10, 2022

Dead Space and Conflict — Part One — Nature and Technology

Dec 10, 2022

Weird West and the Matryoshka

[Weird West] shifted three more times throughout the game, going deeper and deeper with each shift, like a funky little Matryoshka doll.

Dec 3, 2022

Weird West and the Matryoshka

Dec 3, 2022

The Pathless — No One Way

The Pathless is as much a simple game as it is an experience; a challenge, as much as it is forgiving;…philosophical…as it is direct.

Nov 26, 2022

The Pathless — No One Way

Nov 26, 2022

Anthologies and Epics

[F]or someone with an attention span as terrible as I have, eight smaller stories wrapped around a larger journey would have stood out…

Nov 19, 2022

Anthologies and Epics

Nov 19, 2022

Perfect, Unexpected Translations

When developers put all of those familiar elements at the forefront, it helped to soften the transition of new mechanics and new gameplay.

Nov 12, 2022

Perfect, Unexpected Translations

Nov 12, 2022

Retellings, Rereleases, and Old Stories Made

I felt like I was in the middle of something completely new, completely exciting, and truly unprecedented in video game storytelling so far.

Nov 5, 2022

Retellings, Rereleases, and Old Stories Made

Nov 5, 2022

Mike Shepard

Mike Shepard

Just an amateur reminding himself of what he loves. Looking to write about all the things and experiences that make the end of the world worth living in.

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