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Harry Fritsch

@thevgstoryteller.bsky.social

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(he/him) A writer and gamer who loves mixing the two together. I publish a Substack called "The Video Game Storyteller" that explores stories in games and the ones we create while playing them.

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Harry Fritsch @thevgstoryteller.bsky.social · May 16

Hi! I'm Harry 😊

I'm an Australian writer who is published as a video games journalist, short story author, playwright and more.

You can find my work on "The Video Game Storyteller", a Substack all about the narratives in games and how they affect us.

Keen to connect with you all!

The Video Game Storyteller | Substack

A publication about the stories in video games and the stories they create for us. Click to read The Video Game Storyteller, a Substack publication with hundreds of subscribers.

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Harry Fritsch @thevgstoryteller.bsky.social · 2d

You’ve just bought the new game you’ve been hotly anticipating.

You’ve cleared out the night so your sole focus is on the new game.

You can’t be bothered cooking, but you need some food to fuel your night of gaming.

You open up your takeaway app of choice.

What are you ordering?

Harry Fritsch @thevgstoryteller.bsky.social · 4d

I’m lucky enough to have my story, “Lonely Haze Forgotten”, featured in this issue. 🤩

Pretty chuffed with it so give it, and all the other amazing pieces, a read if you’re keen!

Strange Daze ☁️ Issue 1 out now! @strangedazemag.bsky.social · 4d

Issue 1 is now live! 🎉

Putting together this inaugural issue has been a huge labour of love & we're excited for you to read the amazing pieces by the contributors!

Download for free below. Plain text also available.

#strangedazemag #strangedaze #literarymag #litmag #onlinemag #poetry #writers

Strange Daze - Issue 1 by Strange Daze Magazine

inaugural issue of a lit mag inspired by daydreams and nostalgia

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Harry Fritsch @thevgstoryteller.bsky.social · 4d

It deserves it!

Harry Fritsch @thevgstoryteller.bsky.social · 5d

Graduating high school isn’t the end of the world… unless you’re a character in @ko-op.com's Goodbye Volcano High, in which case it very much is!

Find out why I really connected with this game about musical teenage dinosaurs in my latest article 🎸🦖

Facing the End with Goodbye Volcano High

Dinosaurs and asteroids really need to work things out.

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Harry Fritsch @thevgstoryteller.bsky.social · 7d

Good luck to all the developers who have games nominated for the Australian Game Developer Awards tonight in Melbourne! Don’t hold back on the celebrations 🥂

Harry Fritsch @thevgstoryteller.bsky.social · 16d

There is one S-tier God of War boss fight.

Harry Fritsch @thevgstoryteller.bsky.social · 18d

@lizardcube.bsky.social I nailed it on the first attempt…

… not really.

Harry Fritsch @thevgstoryteller.bsky.social · 18d

Fifteen years on, and God of War III is still one of the best looking games ever made.

Harry Fritsch @thevgstoryteller.bsky.social · Sep 12

Just finished the desert level in Shinobi: Art of Vengeance and boy oh boy was that final glider section a hoot!

Harry Fritsch @thevgstoryteller.bsky.social · Sep 11

Thanks for being such awesome interviewees @ddmeow.bsky.social!

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DDmeow 🐶 Cyber Paradise @ddmeow.bsky.social · Sep 11

Thanks, Harry @thevgstoryteller.bsky.social, for the in-depth interview!😄

We’re excited to share some behind-the-scenes and our journey so far as indie devs.

Check out the full article below!👇

#indiedev #gamedev

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Harry Fritsch @thevgstoryteller.bsky.social · Sep 8

Skullnobi 💀🥷

Harry Fritsch @thevgstoryteller.bsky.social · Aug 6

About to play Shadow of Mordor for the first time.

Harry Fritsch @thevgstoryteller.bsky.social · Jul 31

Everything in Professor Layton and the Curious Village is a puzzle.

And, boy, don’t the villagers love to remind you of that…

Professor Layton and the Curious Segue Sentences

This reminds me of a puzzle...

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Harry Fritsch @thevgstoryteller.bsky.social · Jul 28

What fantasy novel do you think would make for a great video game?

I explore a handful of irresistable fantasy game hypotheicals in my latest article for paid subs!

The Fantasy Novels Destined to be Video Games

We can fantasise, can't we?

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Harry Fritsch @thevgstoryteller.bsky.social · Jul 14

I recently turned on paid subscribers for my Substack!

You can find out why I made this choice and what it means for the future of "The Video Game Storyteller" by reading my latest article :)

The Next Chapter for The Video Game Storyteller

And what it means for you!

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Harry Fritsch @thevgstoryteller.bsky.social · Jul 4

What video game series pass the five-games test?

What is the five-games test?

Find out in my latest article 😃

What Video Game Series Pass the Five-Games Test?

Take your seats, Mario, Zelda, Final Fantasy, God of War, and SteamWorld.

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Harry Fritsch @thevgstoryteller.bsky.social · Jun 27

What’s your favourite rain effect in a video game?

Harry Fritsch @thevgstoryteller.bsky.social · Jun 27

I'm pretty slack at posting here, but I just made it to my first 20 followers! I know a lot of you have been carried over from my Substack, but even so, happy to tick off the little milestones 😊

Harry Fritsch @thevgstoryteller.bsky.social · Jun 12

Brian Wilson made my soul smile.

Harry Fritsch @thevgstoryteller.bsky.social · Jun 6

Y’all be celebrating the Switch 2 launch, yet I’m over here giddy as all can be that we get to spend another summer with these boys! 😂

Harry Fritsch @thevgstoryteller.bsky.social · Jun 6

My latest article allows me to nerd out about two of my favourite things in gaming - The Legend of Zelda and retro Sega!

Because when Sega attempted to replicate the style and success of Zelda in their own games, the results were often as weird and wonderful as you might expect.

The Legend of Sega’s Zelda Clones

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

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Harry Fritsch @thevgstoryteller.bsky.social · May 29

Most people find desert levels boring.

Which is totally fine! But I think there is more depth to these hot and sandy settings than many gamers give them credit for - particularly from a narrative and thematic point of view.

Read my latest article to find out why I think desert levels are cool.

The Misunderstood Delights of Desert Levels

Gaming's most underrated biome.

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Harry Fritsch @thevgstoryteller.bsky.social · May 23

The Virtual Console turned my Wii into an exciting video game time machine. And in today’s article, I share some of the trips I went on into the weird and wonderful corners of gaming’s past.

From Super Mario 64 to Chrono Trigger, I look back at some of my fondest Virtual Console memories.

Tales from the Wii Virtual Console

A look back at the service about looking back.

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Harry Fritsch @thevgstoryteller.bsky.social · May 16

Why the GamePad? Why the Wii U?

In my latest article, I look at how a forgotten indie game answered these questions and justified the existence of Nintendo’s most notorious console better than just about anything else.

3Souls Justifies the Wii U’s Existence

How to master the GamePad in both design and storytelling.

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