Brandon R Chinn

Author of the Kognition Cycle. Works featured in The Other Stories podcast, Uncharted, Twist in Time, Wyldblood, Selene Quarterly, and the anthology Today, Tomorrow, Always.

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Opinion

The World Ends With You, and the Pursuit of the Self

“Oh, what a wonderful world such would be…”

Opinion

13 Sentinels, and the Blessing of Narrative

When are video games more than games?

Opinion

Paratopic: An Exploration of Sensory Horror

A nightmare straight out of 1998

Opinion

Coming Together with Kind Words

A lo-fi window into the prevailing kindness of humans

Opinion

The Catharsis of Failure

How trying again and again in Hades made me feel accomplished

Review

I Have Many Mouths and I Must Scream

How Carrion’s inhumanity makes for a unique horror experience

Review

One Step From Eden

A frantic indie darling that evolves the deckbuilder

Opinion

Final Fantasy XIV Changed My Life

A titanic example of how a video game can imbue a sense of genuine belonging in a tumultuous world