Alexis Kennedy

Contributor

Alexis Kennedy founded Failbetter Games, and made Fallen London and Sunless Sea. He now does freelance work and narrative experiments at www.weatherfactory.biz

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How things end

Alexis Kennedy on the progress of progress.

March 4, 2017 Alexis Kennedy

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Punching Nazis

How do you fight an ideology?

Jan. 28, 2017 Alexis Kennedy

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Royal blood

Gods, war, and the Queen Sacrifice.

Dec. 10, 2016 Alexis Kennedy

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The importance of games in difficult times

Alexis Kennedy on games, empathy and happiness.

Nov. 12, 2016 Alexis Kennedy

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Blood in the gutter

What players bring to the games they play.

Oct. 15, 2016 Alexis Kennedy

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The space that isn't

Even the limits of simulation are interesting.

Sept. 17, 2016 Alexis Kennedy

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No Man's Sky is a fine example of one type of game (but many people were expecting another)

Horse face, plate face.

Aug. 22, 2016 Alexis Kennedy

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Can too much choice be a bad thing?

Hair of the cat.

July 23, 2016 Alexis Kennedy

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Spoiler alert: Game endings are harder than you think

Knowing when to stop.

June 18, 2016 Alexis Kennedy

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The first fandom

The Mage of Reason.

May 14, 2016 Alexis Kennedy

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The war on the floor

H. G. Wells: gaming pioneer.

April 9, 2016 Alexis Kennedy

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Alexis Kennedy on: Redemption

Trust and a donkey.

Feb. 13, 2016 Alexis Kennedy

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Alexis Kennedy on: Gravity

Notes from a moderate-intake consumer of manshooters.

Jan. 16, 2016 Alexis Kennedy

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Alexis Kennedy on: Three reviews of games from the year 2035

May contain traces of Turducken.

Dec. 12, 2015 Alexis Kennedy

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Alexis Kennedy on: Three reviews of unreviewable games

Non-reviewable? Disreviewable?

Dec. 10, 2015 Alexis Kennedy

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Alexis Kennedy on: Building the frontier

The map really is the territory.

Oct. 10, 2015 Alexis Kennedy

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Alexis Kennedy on: The Labyrinth

Left, right, straight on.

Sept. 12, 2015 Alexis Kennedy

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Alexis Kennedy on: How it happened to happen

What if Dungeons and Dragons hadn't taken off?

Aug. 22, 2015 Alexis Kennedy

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