Feature Excerpt I Wanna Be Your Dog By Jeremy Signor • August 22nd, 2019 That awkward moment when giving up your free will to a supercomputer-powered hive mind brings out your inner sub.
Musk Comes From the Butt – The History of Perfume By Jen Sisco and Robin Mazzolla • August 20th, 2019 People stink. And through out history, they’ve done some weird things to cover it up.
A Love Letter to Bit Bash By Amanda Hudgins • August 19th, 2019 I didn’t have an idea except I wanted to smash guitars on stage, and I knew that if I was ever going to do this, it would have to be Bit Bash. I thought they would say no.
The Last Softball Player By Levi Rubeck • August 15th, 2019 “When he suggested we attend a baseball game, I wasn’t shy in my disinterest. We lost touch immediately after that.”
Queer Cooperation By Jeremy Signor • August 14th, 2019 Experiences that network queer people together are key to queer survival. That makes games that do that while fostering a sense of cooperation absolutely vital.
Collision Detection Abe’s Oddysee, Ahead of Its Time By Ben Sailer • August 14th, 2019 The PlayStation classic Oddworld: Abe’s Oddysee offers poignant commentary on how to handle catastrophic circumstances that feel bigger than yourself.
Rookie of the Year Am I Dead? By Matt Marrone • August 13th, 2019 Do you ever wonder what happens to those Words with Friends rivals when you move on to other apps?
Backlog Repeating Being By Gavin Craig • August 9th, 2019 Gavin muses about repetition while he muses about repetition while he muses about….
Checkpoint SMASH By Corey Milne • August 7th, 2019 In Corey’s mind, Nintendo is only second to Disney when it comes to pure brand power. And he has the nostalgia to prove it.
Memescape Choose Your Own Twitter Thread By Alyse Stanley • August 6th, 2019 A.K.A. when Twitter role-played as Beyonce’s assistant.
The Not So Sweet Story of The Bradford Candy Scandal By Jen Sisco and Robin Mazzolla • August 6th, 2019 Would you believe that in the 19th century there were very few regulations on the preparation of food? This changed all that.
Documentary Sunday Perfect Bid: The Contestant Who Knew Too Much By Megan Condis • August 5th, 2019 Not unlike the game show that it chronicles, watching The Perfect Bid is comforting. So long as you don’t think about it hard.
Here's the Thing Let’s Talk About Mitch Hedberg By Rob Rich • August 2nd, 2019 Rob ruminates on one of his favorite comedians and how, despite appearances, they’re still a shining example of how jokes can be hilarious without being mean.
The Kremer Museum By Stu Horvath • July 31st, 2019 Over the course of human history, the problem with paintings is that you have to go see them. With The Kremer Museum, a virtual reality art collection, that’s been changing.
The Best Party in the Afterlife – The Cave Burials of Indonesia By Jen Sisco and Robin Mazzolla • July 30th, 2019 This week’s episode centers on the intricate and unique funeral rituals of the Toraja society.
Feature Excerpt Silly Old Bear By Dick Page • July 22nd, 2019 The review-bombing of Devotion was never about Winnie the Pooh.
The Gay Dating Conundrum By Jeremy Signor • July 17th, 2019 Dating sims are increasingly taking on a queer bent, but few examine the quiet devastation of absence felt by the rural gay.
The Culture of Foot Binding By Jen Sisco and Robin Mazzolla • July 16th, 2019 Robin takes on the task of discussing the Chinese cultural practice of foot binding.
Dancing to the Drama on TikTok By Amanda Hudgins • July 15th, 2019 No editorial has ever grasped the weirdness of some Gen-Z kids dancing in the corpse of a closing J.C. Penney while a teenage girl scream-sings the Bishop Briggs song “River.”
Nothing in this Episode is Funny – The Gruesome Tale of the Castrati By Jen Sisco and Robin Mazzolla • July 9th, 2019 In this episode, Jen tells you about history’s most tragic child stars.
Documentary Sunday Shirkers By Megan Condis • July 8th, 2019 The story behind Shirkers is one of a doomed project and a bizarre cruelty.
Collision Detection When Amazon Gamifies Hell, Who’s Gaming Who? By Ben Sailer • July 3rd, 2019 Videogames placed in Amazon warehouses are allegedly intended to boost employee morale. However, reality may be less altruistic than the company’s PR spin.
Out With a Bang – The History of Fireworks By Jen Sisco and Robin Mazzolla • July 2nd, 2019 What do fireworks have to do with the search for eternal life? More than you think!
Exploits Feature The Fear of Saying No By Thomas Loughney • July 1st, 2019 “The man pontificates. American Psycho’s Patrick Bateman has an opinion and he has decided that it must be heard.”
Backlog Fire, Loss and the Works of Hands By Gavin Craig • July 1st, 2019 Notre Dame will never be the same after April’s fire. Another chapter will be written in its story as it’s rebuilt.
Revving the Engine Jupiter & Mars By Stu Horvath • June 28th, 2019 James Mielke guides us through the post-human neon ocean of Jupiter & Mars.
Land of the Lost: The Story of Doggerland By Jen Sisco and Robin Mazzolla • June 25th, 2019 For those of you that fear rising waters and tidal waves, this episode is not for you.
Gaymer Pride By Jeremy Signor • June 19th, 2019 Identities are great and necessary tools for understanding yourself and establishing communities. But it’s not worth losing yourself to their darker tendencies.
The Corpse Queen of Portugal By Jen Sisco and Robin Mazzolla • June 18th, 2019 Some lovers will go to great lengths to be together.
Unwinnable Monthly – June 2019 By Stu Horvath • June 16th, 2019 Get a nice cold lemonade (bourbon optional) and kick back with the latest issue of Unwinnable Monthly!
Here's the Thing The Joys of Animal Companions in Videogames By Rob Rich • June 12th, 2019 Rob waxes nostalgic about the different videogame animal companions he’s met over the years.
Coffee and Other Afterlife Necessities – The Story of The Valley of the Kings By Jen Sisco and Robin Mazzolla • June 11th, 2019 In this episode Robin takes you on an adventure through Egypt’s infamous Valley of the Kings.
Backlog Almost the Only Cats I Have Ever Had By Gavin Craig • June 10th, 2019 Gavin talks about his cat. And his second cat. And his first first cat.
The Heavy Pour Into the Mystic By Sara Clemens • June 10th, 2019 If you’re one of the rare few terrified by horses, they’re pretty easy to avoid. Unless you play videogames.
Pets Feature Seven Videogame Chickens, Listed from Least to Most Likely to Kick My Ass By Melissa King • June 7th, 2019 Look at all these chickens.
The Burnt Offering The One Good Dog By Stu Horvath • June 6th, 2019 When pitches came in for the Pets Issue, Stu expected to get several pitches about the dog from Fable II. He got zero. So he wrote his own, goddammit!
Collision Detection Dogs of War By Ben Sailer • June 5th, 2019 Sure video game dogs make for great meme material, but good boys have been serving since World War I.
Let’s Talk to the Dead – The Fox Sisters and the Birth of American Spiritualism By Jen Sisco and Robin Mazzolla • June 4th, 2019 We have all played with a Ouija board, but few of us truly think we are contacting the dead.
Another Look Dogs and Cities By Yussef Cole • June 4th, 2019 One very good boy navigates newfound sovereignty in the upcoming indie game Home Free.
Exploits Feature A Fable of Selfhood in the World of Tomorrow By Violet Shulman • June 3rd, 2019 World of Tomorrow’s Emilies aren’t quite people . . . They’re one person split in two, and this blurs the line between Self and Other into nonexistence.
