There’s your story, right there. There’s obviously a lot more going on with Simulacra 2 than that, but that summarizes the plot pretty well. I’m a big fan of video game mystery games and then finding out that Simulacra 2 was a “full-motion video” game (scenes shot in real life), I was on board. Besides, there’s a compelling case for snooping around the lives of squabbling minor internet celebrities that made me want to jump right in and start digging. I spent my holiday this

It has been quite the year for Full Motion Video (FMV) gaming. For those of you not familiar with the genre, imagine live actors reading out scenes, and then the player gets to interact with them, directing what happens on screen in a limited capacity. Does the hero open the door or walk down the hallway? I am a huge fan of FMV games; I earlier reviewed Erika (link here), and absolutely loved Annapurna Interactives Telling Lies, the follow up to their earlier title, Her Story

I have been a fan of the “full-motion video” game for a long time, stretching back all the way to unique arcade titles like the holographic Time Traveler and Dragon’s Lair. There wasn’t much gameplay to them, but they were different and interesting in a way that Pac Man and Bubble Bobble weren’t doing it for me then. Then came the 90s, and thanks to the magic of the 3DO and the Sega CD, there was a renaissance of particularly bad acting (but better playing) video games based