Let's talk about "running away". Ie. games that encourage you to flee from danger, rather than face it. Adam runs from the soldiers of ARMA. Brendan scarpers from poor odds in For Honor. And Alice only *pretends* to run away in Playerunknown's Battlegrounds.

We also have some Quickfire Questions with Zach Barth of Zachtronics about their alchemy-based puzzler Opus Magnum.

Links:

How do Alien Isolation's lockers work? https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2015/12/18/alien-isolation-lockers/

Overwatch's cowardly hacker, Sombra: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2016/11/04/overwatch-hero-sombra-finally-revealed-in-animation/

Outlast 2 review: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2017/04/24/outlast-2-review/

Have you played... Metal Gear Solid V? https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2017/09/20/have-you-played-metal-gear-solid-v-the-phantom-pain/

Have you played... Company of Heroes? https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2017/03/28/have-you-played-company-of-heroes/

How Rimworld generates great stories: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2016/08/12/how-rimworld-generates-great-stories/

NEO Scavenger's scrappy, excellent combat: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2014/12/06/best-combat-2014-neo-scavenger/

Opus Magnum interview with Zach Barth (article): https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2017/11/22/opus-magnum-interview-zach-barth/

Opus Magnum interview with Zach Barth (podcast): https://soundcloud.com/rockpapershotgun/electronic-wireless-show-the-opus-magnum-interview

Into The Breach is smart and tense: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2017/03/01/into-the-breach-details-preview/

Playerunknown's Battlegrounds adds vaulting to test servers: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2017/11/13/playerunknowns-battlegrounds-climbing-vaulting-on-test-servers-tonight/

Spelunky 2 is happening: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2017/10/30/spelunky-2-announced/

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