- [<] Status Log - created:: 2021-12-25 - status-updated:: 2022-03-06 - type:: #articleseed/review - status:: seedling - [S] Marketing - purpose:: could be good for [[Tordotcom]] if I reference the "now that the hugos have a game category, let's talk about good storytelling in games" and emphasize that it doesn't have to be a tidy story arc or endless sandbox — path of exile is a different paradigm and incredibly well done. - [b] I have a bunch of good path of exile economy resources from manifest that might make a good background intro section. it's a good narrative for a video game — and is actually ongoing. I really like the "retconning" aspect of how the new updates are from the "SOMEONE ELSE did this thing... now go kill these other "players" — which my husband finds frustrating — because it sort of makes the "instancing" feel like part of the universe, insofar as maybe the portals have a sort of random chance of sending you into a different universe. - it stays away from being boring pseudo europe, the setting is very distinct... because while being based on europe it's not actually sterotypical, it embraces the diversity _in_ europe? - waerclast is a penal colony