While mainstream media often fixate on how video game allow us to embody virtual avatars and live out fantasies, in reality many games present more guided stories starring characters with their own baggage and complex motivations. As we make our way through a game, overcoming obstacles along the way, we gradually are exposed to, and empathize with, a perspective that may be entirely different from our own.
Rain Chudori's heart-wrenching story of Monsoon the tiger, and the two humans whose lives have been stirred due to his arrival continues. The line between infidelity and an incurable loneliness gets all the more blurred in this chapter. Will Monsoon bring the two lovers closer or will the stray tiger drive them further apart?
In today's world of photography, there seems to be a tendency to immediately associate editing with Photoshop and similar softwares. But as we will find out in this essay, there is more to editing than simply tweaking a photograph on a computer. In his fourth piece, Ridzki Noviansyah shares his thoughts on how the current generation of photographers ought to approach the editing process.
Joseph Brodsky said that poetry is "the most concise, the most condensed way of conveying the human experience." While there is nothing to doubt in his statement, it is equally important to note a poem's immortality. While all works of literature are never truly finished, it is most visible in poetry. In Dwiputri Pertiwi's final part of her series on literary forms, she talks about the nature of a poem.
Abebe Tinari is back to challenge common conceptions about video games, and give readers some food for thought that goes beyond the commonly-heard topics about games. In his previous piece, Abebe examined the role of violence in games, not as a sick indulgence of maladjusted creators, but as a tool for symbolic expedience. This month, he addresses another long-standing fascination of the game industry: realism.
In the third chapter of Rain Chudori's "Monsoon Tiger," readers will learn about Michael's past and its connection with the couple's relationship. While the two appear to get along, it is revealed that the narrator is lonely and in pain. Fortunately for her, she finds solace in Monsoon's company. But will the narrator patch things up with Michael?
