Five of the Best: Journals

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How often do you notice a journal in a game beyond the fact that it's there to help you record what you've done? Journals have become such commonplace features in games that they're taken for granted - expected, but largely ignored. Yet, some games see an opportunity there. Some games find a way to work a journal into the adventure you're having, to enhance it, or to tell us more about the characters or places in it.