If you are looking for a paper about Bastion, it is frequently cited in academic research regarding:
: It is often used as a case study in papers discussing the "Indie Boom" of the early 2010s. Bastion + Bonus (v1.50436 (29.08.2018)) [Linux, GOG]
: Darren Korb's work on "Acoustic Frontier Trip-hop" is a common subject in game musicology papers.
This version, updated as of August 29, 2018, was created by and is often distributed as a DRM-free package. While the filename itself appears in file repositories and archives like the Internet Archive, it is not the title of an academic "paper" or research publication.
: Specifically the "Dynamic Narrator" system developed by Greg Kasavin.