MINIGAME: How Telltale Games Reinvented the Joker

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08/20/18 • 8 min

For the better part of a decade, the Joker has been portrayed as the same cackling, murderous maniac. In their Batman series, Telltale Games shows us a Joker we’ve never seen.
Minigame is a short essay series produced and hosted by Michael Farris (@farristhewheel ). Each bite-sized episode dives into the themes or central ideas of our favorite games in 10 minutes or less.
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