The term "walking simulator" can mean many things. Generally, it describes a game that focuses on exploration and discovery, often performed on foot in an open or non-linear environment. However, in ...

Walking simulators focus on immersive storytelling over action, offering unique gameplay experiences in mysterious settings.

Olivia is a teacher, rhetorician, and gamer from Tennessee whose Master's degree research focuses on civic engagement as a result of playing games. She has studied a variety of games from TTRPGs to ...

The first walking simulator I ever played was the 2012 commercial iteration of The Chinese Room's Dear Esther. First created a Source engine mod in 2008, this was the first experience that made me ...

Days like today are tough on Daily Reaction. Vestiges of news are few and far between, and there isn’t much to “react” to (Ehrmagerd! DLC in Days Gone…!). But then I caught wind of an ongoing ...

Katelyn has been a writer since they learned to hold a pencil, but was a latecomer to the world of gaming, gradually falling in love with video games over the course of high school and college. They ...