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Tag: Escapism

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A scientific drawing of John Calhoun's Rat Utopia, with diagrams of rats running around various paths and columns, living what was hoped to be their best lives

My Own Personal 25th Universe

By Edward Smith • August 12th, 2022

The emotional, psychological circuit catalyzed by videogames, and its inevitable dead end

Spilled Ink

“Any Witch Way But Loose” – Flying Witch Vol. 1

By Austin Price • April 26th, 2017

Flying Witch is like a warm bath full of fizzing bubbles just waiting to receive us after another miserable day spent trudging through a miserable world.

American Truck Simulator: A Much Needed Respite from 2016

By Khee Hoon Chan • January 3rd, 2017

“Aside from my terrible parking skills, American Truck Simulator is a comforting ride.”

The Witness is a Videogame Sans Politics, for Good or Ill

By Megan Condis • April 1st, 2016

Spoiler Warning for Myst, which seriously you guys came out in 1993.

Animal Crossing is a Cracked Mirror

By Steven Messner • September 3rd, 2015

“Cinders became more than a village. It was a canvas for Brittany and I to paint on together.” Steven Messner and his wife escape with Animal Crossing.

A Season in Hell

By Luke Pullen • July 30th, 2015

“Toronto is the Platonic ideal of a city”. Luke Pullen escapes the Toronto winter with transgression in The Elder Scrolls.

Heartbreak, Insomnia and Burnout Paradise

By Kevin Lee • August 30th, 2013

In a bleary-eyed story of virtual speed, Kevin tells how Burnout Paradise and insomnia helped get him over an ex-girlfriend.

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