The Nacirema people

The life of the Nacirema people of North America, a tribe with a surprisingly developed market economy, is characterized by rituals and practices that we would consider alien, barbarous, and even going contrary to the self-preservation instincts. The late anthropologist Horace Miner's extensive studies of the tribe culminated in the “Body Ritual among the Nacirema” …

Torment: Tides of Numenera

(Here be Spoilers) Almost two years ago, just after finishing Pillars of Eternity (and its XP-less combat system) for the first time, I remember myself musing over the necessity of combat in cRPGs. For a long time I've considered combat to be one of the four main pillars of the genre, along with exploration, story, and …