Buttonhook #1

This issue was initially sold as a co-op bundle, where revenue is split directly between contributors. Because those bundles are finite, I will sell it from this page now and split the proceeds manually whenever there are enough. To that end, the price is a little bit higher ($5.95 instead of $4.95).

October 29, 2023: I dropped the fake price down to a real one of $5.95. I also uploaded the "2nd edition" of the PDF, after our friend and contributor archiloque let me know the internal and external links in the first PDF did not export. Please try the PDF again for easy navigation using links to each piece from the contents!

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Contents:

• Welcome to Buttonhook
• The influential loneliness of Myst
• Supergiant’s golden formula is player agency
• Funny games, and the clowns who play them
• Final Fantasy XIV is wrong to mock this fish bread
• Sword Art Online: Fatal Bullet convinced me to transition
• A brief introduction to text-based roleplaying
• The beauty of FMV
• Microsoft's Just Press Play was dead on arrival
• Signs of the Sojourner took me out of the fun
• Everything's a mess, and the vibes are immaculate
• Star Wars Jedi: Survivor is a living world where you can ask for help
• Pokemon Go must decide how accessible it wants to be
• In the Boktai series, you rage against the dying of the light — and win
• Waiting doesn’t have to be the hardest part
• Maybe
• The meditative power of speedrunning
• Art makes us human
• This candid hero admits it’s all a ruse
• Big Berry is Ted Lasso, Big Berry is Jupiter
• Wytchwood buries the lede under frog slimes and forest herbs
• Contributors