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Rock Paper Shotgun The Red Strings Club Feedhttps://www.rockpapershotgun.com/feed/tag/video-games/the-red-strings-clubThe latest The Red Strings Club articles from Rock Paper Shotgun.enWed, 14 Jun 2023 16:12:55 +0000Indiescovery Episode 12: The ultimate indie game pub crawlhttps://www.rockpapershotgun.com/indiescovery-episode-12-the-ultimate-indie-game-pub-crawlRachel WattsWed, 14 Jun 2023 16:12:55 +0000https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/indiescovery-episode-12-the-ultimate-indie-game-pub-crawlPlayStation VitaSide viewPCHouse HouseAction AdventureRPGMacMultiplayer CooperativeOverboardSingle PlayerThe Stanley ParableUntitled Goose GameBeautiful GlitchXbox OnePS5First personSimulationToby FoxPodcastPuzzleThird personDevolver DigitalBird view / IsometricAnnapurna InteractivePS4I Am DeadStrategyStrayMonster PromThe Red Strings ClubThose Awesome GuysNintendo SwitchXbox Series X/SPanic ButtonStrategy: Turn-Based StrategyIndiescovery PodcastDeconstructeamVisual Novel & DatingBlueTwelve StudioIndieUndertaleMultiplayer Competitive

It’s episode 12 of Indiescovery and this week we’re being a bit cheeky as we dive into which indie game characters we’d love to do a pub crawl with. Who are we getting sloshed with? Who’s not making it past pre-drinks? Who are we sharing our end-of-night chippies with? All that and more this week! Summer has well and truly arrived here in the UK, but wherever you are, grab your sunnies, sip a pina colada, kick back, and have a listen.

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The Red Strings Club devs' next game is actually a ten game collectionhttps://www.rockpapershotgun.com/red-strings-club-developers-next-game-is-a-collection-of-10-gamesLauren MortonFri, 30 Apr 2021 22:06:24 +0000https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/red-strings-club-developers-next-game-is-a-collection-of-10-gamesThe Red Strings ClubSupercontinent LtdDeconstructeamDe Tres Al CuartoDevolver DigitalEssays On Empathy

You may know Deconstructeam from their cyberpunk bartending story game The Red Strings Club, but they've made other games. Several other games, actually, which they're pulling into a colleciton called Essays On Empathy. Essays includes a bunch of previously released Deconstructeam story romps along with their new game De Tres Al Cuarto about a couple comedians trying to make it big together. Essays On Empathy is launching on May 18th, and you can snag a peek at what it includes in a new trailer.

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As Cyberpunk 2077 is running late, here's a broad spread of cyberpunky funhttps://www.rockpapershotgun.com/as-cyberpunk-2077-is-running-late-heres-a-broad-spread-of-cyberpunky-fun-2Alice O'ConnorThu, 19 Nov 2020 13:20:24 +0000https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/as-cyberpunk-2077-is-running-late-heres-a-broad-spread-of-cyberpunky-fun-2SyndicateVoid & MeddlerCyberpunk 2077Hypnospace OutlawYakuza 0Dog of Dracula 2CyberpunkThe Red Strings ClubFeatureBlade RunnerBlockbusterIndieElizaElse Heart Break

Now that Cyberpunk 2077 is delayed again until December 10th, what are you to do? You've grown a lurid blue mohawk, your leather jacket is almost worn in, and your prescription mirrorshades are ready for collection at Specsavers - but for what? You might as well use this time to explore all games cyberpunky, from edgy and nihilistic griping about how the future sucks to wacky cyberjapes that make you wanna jump up and shout HACK THE PLANET. I have some recommendations.

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Have You Played... The Red Strings Club?https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/have-you-played-the-red-strings-clubMatt CoxWed, 08 Apr 2020 06:30:48 +0000https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/have-you-played-the-red-strings-clubThe Red Strings ClubDeconstructeamHave You PlayedFeatureDevolver DigitalStory Rich

In The Red Strings Club, a corporation believes it holds the keys to happiness, and it's preparing to slip them down the throats of everyone in the world. It's a chemical end: to discrimination, to suffering, and to freedom.

So what. A little brainwashing never hurt anyone.

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Priceless Play - 9 March 2019https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/priceless-play-9-march-2019Kat BrewsterSat, 09 Mar 2019 12:00:37 +0000https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/priceless-play-9-march-2019Free gamesThe Red Strings ClubOleomingusDeconstructeamAnna AnthropyFeatureIndiePriceless Play

I spend a lot of time thinking about the past and future, and the little moments which rely on them. I mean, maybe it's just inherent in the contemporary state of Being Alive™ that we spend so much time thinking about time: setting alarms, making dinner reservations, meeting deadlines, missing deadlines, scheduling due-dates, planning for investments and interest rates... A 30-year mortgage? Will I even be alive then? I mean, I wasted a solid ten minutes between writing the first and second sentences of this very article marvelling at what I imagine must go into the infrastructural maintenance for the Wikipedia entry for "time," so who's going to trust me with a mortgage? Sometimes it seems like the whole concept is one big existential prank we've conned ourselves into playing along with. Time, that is. Not mortgages. Hell, you know what, them too. It's around this time that I'll probably fix myself a drink. It's five o' clock somewhere, right?

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Our PC Games of the Year 2018https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/best-pc-games-of-2018RPSWed, 02 Jan 2019 17:00:56 +0000https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/best-pc-games-of-2018CelesteYakuza 0SubnauticaAction AdventureRPGJazztronautsHorrorPlatformerFreelancer's favourite games of 2018Hitman 2SportsUnavowedParatopicPuzzleRacingZonesWarhammer: Vermintide 2StrategyAssassin's Creed OdysseyStory RichThe RPS Advent Calendar 2018Q.U.B.E. 2Dragon Ball FighterZThe Red Strings ClubForza Horizon 4Yoku's Island ExpressChuchelBlockbusterShooterReturn of the Obra DinnBestest BestsBattleTechSpyPartyMMOInto the BreachSlay the SpireFeatureMonster Hunter: WorldIndieFar: Lone SailsThe Hex

The doors have been opened, the games inside have been devoured, and now it's time to recycle the cardboard. Below you'll find all of our favourite games from 2018, gathered together in a single post for easy reading.

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Giada Zavarise's 5 best games of 2018https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/giada-zavarises-5-best-games-of-2018Giada ZavariseTue, 25 Dec 2018 09:00:47 +0000https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/giada-zavarises-5-best-games-of-2018Larian StudiosFreelancer's favourite games of 2018The Red Strings ClubWandersongRPGDeconstructeamGreg LobanovFeatureDevolver DigitalChumbosoftHeartbeatIndieStory RichDivinity: Original Sin 2 Definitive Edition

2018 is the year I played Symphony Of The Night for the first time. Can I just rave about Symphony Of The Night for the whole article? No?

Fine. Here are some other games that aren’t too shabby, either.

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Our picks from the Steam autumn Sale discountapaloozahttps://www.rockpapershotgun.com/steam-fall-sale-2018-best-gamesAlec MeerMon, 26 Nov 2018 06:00:27 +0000https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/steam-fall-sale-2018-best-gamesGetting Over ItSteamThe Red Strings ClubXCOM 2Action AdventureFight'N RageInfraAssassin's Creed OdysseyFirewatch

Hurry, hurry. There are only 37 Steam sales each year - miss a bargain now and you'll regret it for the rest of your days. (Until the next one).

As always, the latest Steam Autumn sale is a sensory overload of cut-price delights. We're here to guide you through the white noise and make a few informed choices.

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Trans representation in Cyberpunk 2077 matters, but not because it's cyberpunkhttps://www.rockpapershotgun.com/trans-representation-in-cyberpunk-2077-matters-but-not-because-its-cyberpunkSam GreerMon, 03 Sep 2018 16:00:17 +0000https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/trans-representation-in-cyberpunk-2077-matters-but-not-because-its-cyberpunkBattleTechCyberpunk 2077The Red Strings ClubAction AdventureRPGSaints RowDeconstructeamFeatureCD Projekt RED

Even before its recent public gameplay unveiling, Cyberpunk 2077 was the target of a very particular piece of criticism. Perhaps sparked by the transphobic joke made by the game's Twitter account, many online have been calling out 2077 for presenting yet another future that, despite its overt themes of transhumanism and body modification, falls strictly into the gender binary. Despite the gender diversity already prevalent in our own world and time, players in 2077 are asked to choose between a strictly male or female character. Many online have been saying that this is at odds with the very genre from which the game gets its name and ideas. “Cyberpunk shouldn't be cis!” is more or less the argument. This criticism has dogged the game for weeks now and will probably follow it all the way to release. Yet it doesn't quite ring true to me.

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We asked a lot of people: what would you do to a clone of yourself?https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/we-asked-a-lot-of-people-what-would-you-do-to-a-clone-of-yourselfAlice BellWed, 18 Jul 2018 20:46:21 +0000https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/we-asked-a-lot-of-people-what-would-you-do-to-a-clone-of-yourselfWhere the Water Tastes Like WineFrictional GamesFrog Fractions 2Inkle StudiosStealthSteamWorld Dig 2Action AdventureThe Blackout ClubSteamWorld DigThumperVlambeerNeo CabPuzzleChoice ProvisionsDishonored: Death of the OutsiderArkane StudiosThe Good LifeRobert YangStory RichThe Red Strings ClubBlockbusterSOMAJason RohrerDishonoredrebellionWhite OwlsThe Sexy BrutaleDeconstructeamFeatureImage & Form80 DaysIndieMinitDishonored 2gallery

Over the past several weeks I have sent a lot of interesting people who work in the games industry an email containing the following scenario:

"You enter a room. The door locks behind you. From a door opposite another you enters. This other you is a perfectly identical clone, created in the exact instant you entered the room, but as every second ticks by they are creating their own distinct personhood. The doors will unlock in 90 minutes. Nobody will ever know what happens in the room. What do you do? (assume the materials you need for whatever you want to do are in the room). Please show your working, if able."

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The bestest and most top PC games of 2018 so farhttps://www.rockpapershotgun.com/the-bestest-and-most-top-pc-games-of-2018-so-farRPSWed, 18 Jul 2018 16:28:24 +0000https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/the-bestest-and-most-top-pc-games-of-2018-so-farFrostpunkCelesteSubnauticaHaemimont GamesLegendary Gary11 Bit StudiosFinal Fantasy XVSimulationArc System WorksParatopicPuzzleNi No Kuni II: Revenant KingdomOctahedronStrategyHarebrained SchemesDragon Ball FighterZThe Red Strings ClubYoku's Island ExpressUnknown WorldsMaddy Makes Games IncChuchelAmanita DesignBlockbusterShooterThe CouncilFar Cry 5Level-5Big Bad WolfBattleTechEvan RogersDeconstructeamInto the BreachSlay the SpireFeatureArcadeDemimondeIndieMega Crit GamesSubset GamesSurviving Mars

We're just about halfway through 2018 (which has somehow taken both too long and no time at all). As is tradition, we've shaken our our brains around to see which games from the last six months still make our neurons fizzle with delight. Then we wrote about them here, in this big list feature that you're reading right now this second.

And what games they are! 2018 has been a great year so far, and our top picks run the whole range, from hand drawn oddities made by one person, to big mega-studio blockbusters that took the work of hundreds. And each of them is special to us in some way. Just like you are too. Click through the arrows to see the full spread of our faves so far. Better luck next year to the games that didn't make the cut this time.

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Podcast: The toughest moral choices we've madehttps://www.rockpapershotgun.com/podcast-the-toughest-moral-choices-weve-madeRPSThu, 15 Feb 2018 21:00:52 +0000https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/podcast-the-toughest-moral-choices-weve-madeCatherineThe Red Strings ClubPodcastStory RichFeatureA Good GardenerSun DogsSOMAStar Wars: Knights of The Old RepublicThe RPS Electronic Wireless showPapers PleaseMass Effect 2

All right, picture this. There's five podcasts tied to a train track, and you're on a train speeding toward them. On another track, there's just one podcast, the Electronic Wireless Show. Do you swap tracks and kill one podcast to save the other five? Or do you forge ahead? Take your time, it's a difficult moral choice - exactly our topic this week. Think hard about it. No, listen, you should think about it very carefully. No, listen--

I know, but--

You can't just p--

Ha ha, okay, stop the train. Joke's over.

Stop the train.

STOP THE TRAIN FOR THE LOVE OF GOD STOP THE TR--

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Podcast: Should survival games die?https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/podcast-should-survival-games-dieRPSThu, 25 Jan 2018 18:00:38 +0000https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/podcast-should-survival-games-dieFrostpunkCelesteSubnauticaThe RPS Electronic Wireless showThe Solus ProjectThe Long DarkPodcastI Am Alivecharlie clevelandThe Red Strings ClubDying LightUnknown WorldsThe ForestRain WorldUnReal WorldSlay the SpireFeatureDead StateProject Zomboid

No. Let's not be ridiculous. But there are so many examples of bad survival games that it’s important to remember the good ones. So that’s what we are doing on the latest RPS podcast, the Electronic Wireless Show. We're breaking stones over the heads of rubbish survival games, but cooking, salting and eating the delicious ones. Adam wraps himself up in The Long Dark but reluctantly sets Project Zomboid on fire to stay warm. Matt gets sea sickness from Subnautica but wants to swim again anyway. And Brendan freedives into Subnautica too, in an attempt to escape from all the mediocre survival games set on red planets.

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Wot I Think: The Red Strings Clubhttps://www.rockpapershotgun.com/the-red-strings-club-reviewMatt CoxMon, 22 Jan 2018 14:00:09 +0000https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/the-red-strings-club-reviewThe Red Strings ClubReviewsDeconstructeamFeatureDevolver DigitalRPS RecommendedBestest Bests

The Red Strings Club is a narrative driven adventure game that explores transhumanism, AI and morality against a cyberpunk backdrop. If you asked me to choose three things that I like to talk and think about, there’s a good chance I’d pick out those three - so Deconstruteam would have been hard pressed to not keep my attention even if they’d somehow failed to take their subject matter anywhere interesting.

Oh boy, is the Red Strings Club interesting.

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Take a cyberdrink at The Red Strings Club soonhttps://www.rockpapershotgun.com/take-a-cyberdrink-at-the-red-strings-club-soonBrendan CaldwellTue, 09 Jan 2018 15:21:44 +0000https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/take-a-cyberdrink-at-the-red-strings-club-soonThe Red Strings ClubSupercontinent LtdDeconstructeamDevolver DigitalGods Will Be WatchingZen and the Art of TranshumanismStory Rich

There’s a BOGOF on neon negronis. At least, that would be the glowing sign I’d hang outside, were I in charge of the hot pink bar of upcoming cyberpunk adventure The Red Strings Club. It’s a game of social engineering, body-hacking and clandestine mixology from Deconstructeam, the makers of Gods Will Be Watching. They’ve sent electronic words to say it’s coming out on January 22.

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Hack the planet to save it in The Red Strings Clubhttps://www.rockpapershotgun.com/the-red-strings-club-cyberpunk-adventure-announcedAlice O'ConnorWed, 01 Nov 2017 11:14:34 +0000https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/the-red-strings-club-cyberpunk-adventure-announcedThe Red Strings ClubCyberpunkPuzzleDeconstructeamDevolver Digital

Guns can only get you so far in cyberpunk. To thwart a megacorp in newly-announced adventure game The Red Strings Club, a little more subtlety will be required. It'll have us playing as a bartender mixing drinks to manipulate emotions and squeeze information from people, as a hacker armed with a phone using social engineering to bypass security, and even sculpting genetic implants to whack into executives and change their personalities. Intriguing! It's coming in January from Deconstructeam, the makers of Gods Will Be Watching, and published by Devolver Digital.

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