Today’s post is brought to you courtesy of my Substack, “A Gamer’s Take” Here is a small excerpt:

It is a pleasure to see such a game in 2020. Sakuna’s producers decided that the game had to offer its players a specific experience, and focused on it with a minimum of compromises. A book can describe the process, and a film can portray the drama inherent in the farmer’s life, but only a video game could make us feel, in a condensed way, the day-to-day toil of the rice producer. 

THE TEN 2020 GAMES YOU MUST PLAY — SAKUNA: OF RICE AND RUIN