Issue 4 – Challenge

In this short issue, we consider the role of challenge in games, with tales from Proteus, City of Heroes, Antichamber and more.

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Proteus is available via its homepage, should you be brave enough to face its horror yourself.

Eurogamer has written about the end of City of Heroes, and Polygon about the possibility of a sequel.

Antichamber is available on Steam.

Alan Williamson has also written about the role of sound in games in the third and latest issue of Five out of Ten.

Why read the latest Scripted Sequence, when you could play it instead? So much more interactive.

Read, comment, enjoy.

Issue 5 of Haywire is set for July 1st and will deal with violence. If you’d like to contribute, have a look at our minimalist guidelines.