Hey Games, Cool It With the Text Logs | Windbreaker Podcast

About this episode

The episode discusses the various types of text logs in video games, evaluating their effectiveness and impact.

On this week’s episode of Windbreaker, Yahtzee, JM8, and Marty chat about text/diary/journal/audio logs in video games -- the good, the bad, and the weird. Second Wind is fully independent, employee-owned and fan-funded. Consider supporting us on Patreon for as little as $1/month at patreon.com/SecondWindGroup

People in this episode

Hosts: Yahtzee, JM8, Marty

Topics covered

• text logs
• video games
• audio logs
• diary logs
• game design
• narrative structure

Keywords

• text logs
• video games
• audio logs
• diary entries
• game narrative
• journal logs

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Second Wind, Patreon

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