GeekNights Tuesday - Lore

Tonight on GeekNights, we consider lore in games. You know, all that text you didn't read in the tooltips of the inventory. Or what characters told you in Half Life while you tried to clip out of the room. In the news, the Rangers begin their first round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs, The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog is a real game, SGDQ 2023 is imminent, and Ingress is getting a Monster Hunter skin.

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If Scott’s audio sounds strange, you can ask him about his Audition template.

I came here specifically to complain about Scott mouth noises, and well

The best execution of lore-as-game I’ve seen in a long time is Tunic. The game manual, they did what?

Before that it’s gotta be Heaven’s Vault.