**tɪtlᴇ 1:** ɪᴍᴍᴇʀsᴇ ʏᴏuʀsᴇlf: a ʀᴇᴠɪᴇw ᴏf ʙalduʀ's gatᴇ's shadᴏwhᴇaʀt ʙɪᴋɪnɪ ᴍᴏd
ʀᴇɪᴍagɪnɪng ʙalduʀs gatᴇ shadᴏwhᴇaʀt ʙɪᴋɪnɪ ᴍᴏd thᴇ ‘ʙalduʀs gatᴇ shadᴏwhᴇaʀt ʙɪᴋɪnɪ ᴍᴏd’ pʀᴇsᴇnts a gʀᴏundʙʀᴇaᴋɪng ᴏppᴏʀtunɪtʏ tᴏ ʀᴇdᴇfɪnᴇ ɪn-gaᴍᴇ aᴇsthᴇtɪcs. ʙʏ allᴏwɪng plaʏᴇʀs tᴏ custᴏᴍɪzᴇ thᴇɪʀ chaʀactᴇʀs' attɪʀᴇ, thᴇ ᴍᴏd fᴏstᴇʀs cʀᴇatɪᴠɪtʏ and ᴇᴍpᴏwᴇʀs gaᴍᴇʀs tᴏ ᴇxpʀᴇss thᴇɪʀ ɪndɪᴠɪdualɪtʏ wɪthɪn thᴇ gaᴍɪng wᴏʀld. ɪt ʙʀᴇaᴋs awaʏ fʀᴏᴍ tʀadɪtɪᴏnal chaʀactᴇʀ dᴇsɪgns and ᴏpᴇns up aᴠᴇnuᴇs fᴏʀ ᴇxplᴏʀatɪᴏn ɪn chaʀactᴇʀ custᴏᴍɪzatɪᴏn. ʙalduʀs gatᴇ shadᴏwhᴇaʀt ʙɪᴋɪnɪ ᴍᴏd: ʙʀᴇaᴋɪng tʀadɪtɪᴏnal ʙᴏundaʀɪᴇs fuʀthᴇʀᴍᴏʀᴇ, thᴇ ᴍᴏd challᴇngᴇs thᴇ ʙᴏundaʀɪᴇs ᴏf ᴍᴏdᴇstʏ and ʀᴇpʀᴇsᴇntatɪᴏn ɪn ᴠɪdᴇᴏ gaᴍᴇs....
