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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
43 stories published
An Interview with Maui Game Studio's Joseph Abraham

An Interview with Maui Game Studio's Joseph Abraham

On game development, teaching, and dominating kids in Mario Kart

Lux Machina: The Couture of Video Games

Lux Machina: The Couture of Video Games

It's not just how you play, it's how you look

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.