Episode 07: Instructional Design in Papers, Please

Unlocking Games by Chad Haefele & Brandon Carper

Sep 30, 20160:00Games & Hobbies

In Papers, Please players step into the shoes of a border control agent faced with increasingly byzantine rules to admit or deny entry into Glorious Arstotzka. Each game-day presents you with new restrictions on what pap...

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