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Rachel Alm
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Rachel Alm

Rachel is a writer, editor, fairly successful house plant keeper (a new development), and an avid bookshelf analyst at parties.

Nashville, TN Website
42 stories published
How Punk Culture Influenced Gaming

How Punk Culture Influenced Gaming

The intersection of punk and digital entertainment

Never-Ending Games: The Impermanence of a Constantly Updatable World

Never-Ending Games: The Impermanence of a Constantly Updatable World

Delivering a finished game isn't what it used to be

The Subtle Art of World Building

The Subtle Art of World Building

How developers build the worlds we play and why it matters

Music Lessons: Grief and Hope in When the Past Was Around

Music Lessons: Grief and Hope in When the Past Was Around

Memories, and the grief that accompanies them

The Little Light Within: FFXIV's Endwalker and the Fierceness of Hope

The Little Light Within: FFXIV's Endwalker and the Fierceness of Hope

Hope is sometimes the most audacious goal

Jak and Daxter's Lasting Precursor Legacy

Jak and Daxter's Lasting Precursor Legacy

The venerable franchise took daring chances along the way

Resident Evil 4 Helped Me Embrace My Love of Horror

Resident Evil 4 Helped Me Embrace My Love of Horror

Pushing past the fear

Naoki Yoshida is Right: Game Design Is Changing

Naoki Yoshida is Right: Game Design Is Changing

Final Fantasy's latest superstar leader opines on where game design is going

Sisters in Mystery: An Ode to the Nancy Drew PC Games

Sisters in Mystery: An Ode to the Nancy Drew PC Games

Classic games like the Nancy Drew series are nostalgia fuel from gamers' pasts.

Detroit: Become Human is Both Brilliant and Just Shy of It

Detroit: Become Human is Both Brilliant and Just Shy of It

Could the vaunted game have achieved more?

League of Legends Excels at Making Fans of People Who Don't Play

League of Legends Excels at Making Fans of People Who Don't Play

A love for League of Legends goes beyond gaming

Game Nights and the Joys of Couch-Side Spectating

Game Nights and the Joys of Couch-Side Spectating

In-person Twitch with more snacks and fewer trolls

Final Fantasy XVI Isn’t Open World (And That’s a Good Thing)

Final Fantasy XVI Isn’t Open World (And That’s a Good Thing)

Lessons in open-world design thought and how it may play into Final Fantasy XVI

From Geocaching to Zombies, Run! The Evolution of Exergaming

From Geocaching to Zombies, Run! The Evolution of Exergaming

Getting exercise outside is more than just running in circles

In Eikons We Trust: Final Fantasy XVI’s Departure From and Homage to the Franchise History

In Eikons We Trust: Final Fantasy XVI’s Departure From and Homage to the Franchise History

Square Enix shows off more of its upcoming blockbuster

Healing in Final Fantasy XIV Helped Me Conquer My Fear of Failure

Healing in Final Fantasy XIV Helped Me Conquer My Fear of Failure

Learning life lessons through gaming