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Architect Address July 2021

Hello and welcome to that most auspicious of occasions, the architect address, welcome, welcome, take a seat. Today we’re here to talk about some of the videos that came out recently, what I thin...

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Why Wildermyth's Best Story Wasn't Written By Anyone

Videogames are a storytelling medium, everyone knows that - but unlike  their contemporaries, they allow us to write our own stories too - by  interacting with the systems and mechanics o...

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EARLY ACCESS - Why The Ending of Before Your Eyes Leaves You Wanting More

Hey, you might've noticed the title for the video changed! I thought it wasn't very clear what the video was about (plus it wasn't doing too well in terms of views!) so I changed it - just a little...

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Architect Address May 2021

Hello! And welcome to the Architect Address for the month of may 2021. Rather than my usual aimless rambling I do before I talk about the videos I’ve done recently, I thought I’d talk about the...

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EARLY ACCESS - The Secret To Resident Evil's Success

Note: Eagle-Eyed patrons might've spotted a last second name change from "why resident evil doesn't need to be scary" to what you can see above you. This is because the prior name - on top of being...

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EARLY ACCESS - Why Do So Many Games Have Tanks, Healers and DPS?

Apologies for the late upload! My original attempt corrupted!

Check out Laura's channel! https://...

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Architect Address April 2021

Hi hello and welcome to yet another Architect Address, how are you doing? Cool. Good to hear.

So, what’s been happening over the past few weeks over here in Architect HQ? Well quite a few t...

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Early Access - What We Can Learn From A 2000 Year Old Puzzle

Why are puzzles so popular? They're less exciting than action games,  less compelling than narrative ones, and less challenging than the peak  of strategy games, but in spite of all that ...

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Early Access- How To Create A Legendary Swordfight

Swords have been a mainstay of human culture since before you fleshy sacs of mostly water knew how to write - all across the world, nearly every culture has its version of the sword, and a whole ho...

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Architect Address - February 2021

The second video was Why Hitman Isn’t a Stealth Game… or was it? Eagle-eyed viewers might’ve noticed that I actually changed the name from “How Hitman Teaches You To Be Creative” which, i...

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Early Access: Why Hitman Isn't A Stealth Game

Hitman is a hell of a franchise. It's been around for just over two decades and it's been rebooted and overhauled more times than anyone can count (3), and over its many iterations, the team behind...

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What Does "Immersion" Actually Mean? - Early Access

Sorry for the late upload! Youtube decided my original upload was FORBIDDEN and purged it from the internet for unknown reasons!

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For decades video game discourse has been dominated ...

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2020 Wrap-up Spectacular!

Hi, hello and it’s time for a 2020 wrapup spectacular. I’m technically still taking a bit of a break but whatever - let’s get this thing done shall we. The original plan was to record this an...

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20(20) Games You Should Have Played

2020 has been a hell of a year for a variety of reasons, there's been  social movements, disasters, political upheaval... and also some  fantastic videogames. However, with all the big-na...

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Why Are Explosive Barrels Always Red? - Early Access

Explosive barrels have been a trope for as long as video games have  existed, appearing in everything from shooters to strategy games, but why? What possible advantage could there be to a...

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When Great Games Have Terrible Beginnings

"It gets good... Eventually" it's an observation that you've no doubt  heard before about the latest TV show, book, game or whatever. By this  point, it's all but expected that any game o...

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Architect Address- November 2020

What’s up? It’s the architect address! I’m here today to chat for a few minutes about the videos that have come out recently and go over what I think of them, how well I think they did and so...

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How Spelunky 2 Fixes Difficulty Levels - EARLY ACCESS

So it turns out the original upload of this failed overnight and you all could've gotten this half a day earlier! To make up for that I'll release the Architect Address a day earlier than expected,...

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Early Access- What Among Us Has In Common With Soviet Psychology

Among Us is the hot new game right now - and who can blame it? It's tense, innovative and from a long tradition of games about lying to your friends, it's great. But what caused Among Us to be...

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Architect Address October 2020

 

Hello hello and welcome to the Architect Address - the occasional video I do to explain what the deal is with the channel and the last couple of videos. This monthish I managed to get ...

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How To Make RPG Combat More Interesting

Sorry for the wait! Between a short break, numerous technical mishaps and a new computer, this took longer than intended! My apologies!

RPGs are a classic genre - so much so that they've bee...

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The Architect of Games Q&A Extravaganza 2: Electric Boogaloo

We did it! 250 subscribers! Thank you all so much for your support over  the years!  As a way of giving back, The Architect has organised for  some of your most popular and pressing ...

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250 subscribers! Wow!

 Hello!

So, I just hit 250 subscribers! - THAT happened much sooner than I expected. Thank you all so much for your support in getting to the big one quarter of the way to 1000 milestone...

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Frog Fractions Is A Game About Fractions - Director's Cut... Sort Of.

Hey, a bit of a special director's cut this time around which is why it's going out to everyone!  

Back in university, long long ago - I did a dissertation on Metafiction in games which...

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Frog Fractions Is A Game About Fractions (And Nothing Else)

Frog Fractions, developed by Twinbeard Studios is the canonical fractions-based video game of all time, the best there is. In this video, The Architect unpacks exactly what makes Frog Fractions the...

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Architect Address August 2020

Shh! Don't tell anyone! It's a new Architect Address!

 

Hello and welcome to the architect address, a weirdly named occasional segment that I release to keep people abreast of wha...

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Why is The Longing so long?

I really wanted to get this one out on time but I'm up at 3AM once more! just as I was about to upload to patreon I realised an entire segment of the video had borked-up audio. Sorry about the dela...

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Is It Possible To Fix Gaming Toxicity? Early Access

I sure do love fighting with adobe premiere ahahahahahaahaHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAenjoy the video!

If you've played any online game ever, chances are y...

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Architect Address July 2020

 

Okay, Architect Address time, what’s up friends? How have you been doing? Staying safe during the lockdown stuff? Good. 

So, what’s been going on with the channel in the...

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What Makes a Good Deckbuilder - Director's Cut

Hey, hey, hey and come on down to read the latest director’s cut - the special patron thing where I talk about a cut talking point from the latest video. The topic today? Hero Battlers.

For...

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