Raph Koster

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

I just watched a couple of videos about sandbox vs themepark games (in particular one by NerdSlayer and another by Josh “Strife” Hayes )… One thing that struck me about the ways players often talk about this (because at this point the history is so old) is that people think of sandbox as the older version of MMOs, and themeparks as newer.

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The Bottom Feeder

OCTOBER 9, 2024

Walking simulators are done as a genre, but Stanley Parable was able to be a hit twice (release and remaster) by being funny as hell. A lot of people don't want sandboxes. Subscribe now Spiderweb Software creates turn-based, indie, old-school fantasy role-playing games. Humor is hard, and there's never enough of it.

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Rampant Games

JULY 13, 2022

The game that should make you feel like a badass adventurer in a fantasy world ends up making you feel like a mute klutz wearing oversized mittens. The latter began as an RPG, I understand, but evolved into being more of a sandbox fighting simulator. Some of this is just the limitations of the technology. That’s fine.

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Radiator Blog

JULY 6, 2021

all drawings by Eleanor Davis "We Dwell in Possibility" (WeDIP) is a new queer gardening simulation game about planting bodies and ideas, and watching them grow into a kinetic landscape. It's a zoomed out perspective, it's not immersive, it's a simulation. Naked simulated AI people ("peeps") arrive and flow across the terrain.

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PreMortem.Games

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

The genre has naturally grown into a major market segment, encompassing everything from farming simulators like Stardew Valley to the meditative organizing of Unpacking , the gentle island life of Animal Crossing, the castle and farm building games, and the creative sandbox freedom of Minecraft.

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