The Growth and Adaptation of Samuslikes By Don Everhart • May 26th, 2020 Samus Aran, videogames’ own Strong Sci-Fi Female Protagonist, echoes through the medium just like the design of Super Metroid.
Greyhawk By Stu Horvath and John McGuire • May 25th, 2020 We journey to Greyhawk, one of the first RPG campaign settings, and Gary Gygax’s own.
Bloodlines Evil Genius is a Rotting Colossus By David Shimomura • May 25th, 2020 Let old things die, kill them if you have to.
I Played It, Like, Twice… Well, We Warned You: Playing Horrified During a Pandemic By Orrin Grey • May 22nd, 2020 Everything about Horrified echoes the Universal films in ways that will make fans of the original monster franchises grin.
Community Will Always Grow By Anthony McGlynn • May 21st, 2020 “People hate the steel sky, the slums…but I don’t. How could I? All that passion, all those dreams, flowing and blending together into something greater…”
Doom Eternally Better By Stephen Wilds • May 20th, 2020 Doom Eternal goes a long way to ensure players of every ability can tackle the hordes of Hell.
Letter From the Editor Unwinnable Monthly – May 2020 By Stu Horvath • May 18th, 2020 Find out what’s inside!
Killer By Stu Horvath and John McGuire • May 18th, 2020 The RPG most likely to get someone to call the cops on you.
Revving the Engine Omno: In Search of Awe By Stu Horvath • May 14th, 2020 Omno seemed to want to wander, to find adventure, to “be awed by the world around him.”
There is no Why, Only Escape By Levi Rubeck • May 14th, 2020 GTFO is a brutal, unforgiving, and niche experience.
Forms in Light Japan Style Architecture By Justin Reeve • May 13th, 2020 The structures in Sekiro were clearly created by people with a passion for traditional architecture
Sponsored Post Why Call of Duty: Warzone Could Unseat Its Battle Royale Contenders By Alan Smithee • May 11th, 2020 The battle royale genre has old and venerable origins.
The Fail Cycle Gotta Bro Fast By Declan Taggart • May 11th, 2020 Declan gets a taste of speedrunning at the cost of his laptop.
Lord of the Rings Adventure Game By Stu Horvath and John McGuire • May 11th, 2020 Remember the Lord of the Rings Adventure Game from Iron Crown Enterprises? I bet you don’t!
The McMaster Files A Smaller World By Jason McMaster • May 10th, 2020 With everything that’s going on, Jason’s found that his favorite Twitch streamers have helped make things a bit easier and the world a little smaller.
This Mortal Coyle Iris From the Drawn Trilogy By Deirdre Coyle • May 8th, 2020 The concept of turning artwork into reality—into an escape—has never been more tempting.
1983 and the Future of Videogame Writing By Levi Rubeck • May 7th, 2020 Levi turns back the clock on videogame crit.
Collision Detection Finding Meaning in Animal Crossing’s Weird-Ass World By Ben Sailer • May 7th, 2020 Animal Crossing: New Horizons has dominated social media since its release. This explainer might help you understand the appeal, or it might not explain anything at all.
Musings Persona 5 and the Eternal Classroom By Blake Hester • May 6th, 2020 Persona 5 is a glorious reminder that even if high school sucked, being a kid kinda ruled.
Behind the LudoNarraCon 2020 Poster: An Interview with Leonie Yue By Alyssa Wejebe • May 6th, 2020 For many folks, their first exposure to LudoNarraCon was the poster. We talk to the artist.
Become a Raccoon Detective in Backbone: An Interview with Developer EggNut By Alyssa Wejebe • May 5th, 2020 Don’t get in the way of a raccoon detective on a case!
Feature Excerpt In the Suburbs I: Stardew Valley and Arcade Fire By Alyssa Hatmaker • May 4th, 2020 No matter what artists might be trying to convey in their music, we inevitably tailor their message to fit ourselves.
Another Look Resource Extraction By Yussef Cole • May 4th, 2020 Why not have a game that recognizes that in order to have that perfect garden world, that communal utopia, you must endlessly fight and sacrifice for it?
Lightsaber Dueling Pack By Stu Horvath and John McGuire • May 4th, 2020 Relive the duel between Luke and Vader over and over again, without breaking a sweat! No lightsaber toy necessary!
The Flower Collectors: An Interview with Gregor Eigner By Alyssa Wejebe • May 1st, 2020 Solve a mystery from your balcony.
Expanding the Second LudoNarraCon: An Interview with Chris Wright By Alyssa Wejebe • April 30th, 2020 We chat with Chris Wright about LudoNarrraCon’s past, present and future.
Light Four Torches By Jeremy Signor • April 29th, 2020 Sometimes we take game design for granted, and miss that a lot of it is nonsense to many on the outside looking in.
Cozy in the Cafe: Kris Antoni Hadiputra on Developing Coffee Talk By Alyssa Wejebe • April 29th, 2020 Lattes and quiet conversation.
Dungeon Crawling in a Dating Sim: An Interview with Victoria Tran and Tanya X. Short By Alyssa Wejebe • April 28th, 2020 Date your weapons!
Time Enough at Last By Stu Horvath and John McGuire • April 27th, 2020 You’d think being stuck at home because of a pandemic would mean all the time in the world to play tabletop RPGs…
The Official AD&D Coloring Album By Stu Horvath and John McGuire • April 20th, 2020 This week we check out a counter-culture infused Dungeons & Dragons coloring book from 1979!
Mysterious Forum and 7 Rumors By Gingy Gibson • April 17th, 2020 Mysterious Forum and 7 Rumors is a simple story about what happens when modern storytelling collides with the supernatural.
Murder By Numbers’ Thorny Queer Politics By Jeremy Signor • April 15th, 2020 Murder By Numbers makes an attempt at making queer people both visible and respected. It only partially accomplishes this.
Pox Free at PAX East, Part 3 By Levi Rubeck • April 14th, 2020 While playing the Netrunner tourney at PAX Unplugged, the most frequent topic of my eavesdropping was Crokinole.
This Mortal Coyle Rowan from Seers Isle By Deirdre Coyle • April 14th, 2020 This spectral figure makes an impression as a great storyteller long before she’s ever introduced.
The Fail Cycle A Gamer’s Guide to Weightlifting By Declan Taggart • April 14th, 2020 Weightlifting has the kind of level-up progression perfectly suited for someone with a compulsive dependence on videogames.
In the Business of Adaptation By Amanda Hudgins • April 13th, 2020 A faithfulness to a format that is no longer consistent with the product that you’re making is worshiping at the ground of a false idol.
Collision Detection On GameStop and Contempt for Nostalgia By Ben Sailer • April 13th, 2020 Ben thinks way too hard about his strained relationship with a struggling videogame retailer and learns about Swiss mercenaries along the way.
Gavin Norman Interview By Stu Horvath and John McGuire • April 13th, 2020 We chat with Gavin Norman, creator of Old-School Essentials and the forthcoming Dolmenwood campaign setting.
Forms in Light Bizarre Brutalism By Justin Reeve • April 11th, 2020 In Control, developer Remedy takes the supernatural aspect of this architectural style and runs with it.
