May Events: Wyrd & Wonder and LudoNarraCon!

We have two exciting events beginning today! Wyrd & Wonder is a celebration of fantasy literature and will be happening all month! You can learn more about Wyrd & Wonder here. LudoNarraCon is an online convention all about narrative games! It will be taking place on Steam and elsewhere online from May 1st through 5th! You can learn more about LudoNarraCon here.

For Wyrd and Wonder I have a few blog posts planned, along with the Instagram prompts. I'm going to post a Folklore Extravaganza where I discuss a large variety of folk tales and myths from all over the world that have influenced various video games over the years. I'm also going to write a post that focuses on one game that was strongly based on Slavic folklore: Black Book! Black Book has an entire chapter of the game that deals with mermaids, or rusalki, and takes place under water, which is perfectly in keeping with Wyrd and Wonder's nautical theme! 

I'm also happy to announce that I am running a Literary Game Club! Back in January I started the Literary Game Club with a few blogger/Instagram friends, and I would like to invite you to join us! In May we will be playing a nautical game called Call of the Sea to go along with the theme for this year's Wyrd and Wonder! The club works like a book club. Every month we choose a game to play all month, and then we discuss it! If you'd like to join, there are two ways you can do so. First, if you join my Patreon at any level you will automatically be added to the Video Games as Literature discord. OR second, if you send me a message expressing interest on any of my social media profiles, I will send you a link to the discord! Hope to see you there!

LudoNarraCon is also happening this week and I'm so excited about many of the featured games this year! Check out the graphic below to see the list of games that will be featured for LudoNarraCon! I'm especially excited to see Wanderstop on the list, which I have already played and reviewed here. 

Along with Wanderstop, I am personally very interested in 1000xResist, Interstate 35, Keep Driving, The Crimson Diamond, Pine, and Afterlove EP, though I must admit that ALL of the games look really good! I'll try to review at least a few of them during the event. 

LudoNarraCon will also be hosting a bunch of really cool online panels and fascinating chats with game developers! If you want to watch these events you can click here for more information. If the panels are anything like the ones hosted in previous years I highly recommend watching them. They're packed full of information not only about playing and analyzing video games, but about making them, as well. 

I can't wait to talk more about these games very soon!