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A screenshot from Supermarket Together where the player is holding a price scanner and pointing it at a shelf full of boxes of Bees cereal, rice, water bottles, and green cans

Supermarket Together and the Paradox of Work Games

By Alexander B. Joy • April 30th, 2025

You can pet an astonishingly realistic cat that rests outside the break room.

A photograph of the board game Root as it's being played with a map of a forest full of blue green and oramge meeples along with dice and a lone raccoon as well as cards and charts explaining the factions

The World’s Cutest Power Politics Simulator

By Alexander B. Joy • March 13th, 2025

Root’s cute and cuddly aesthetic belies a cutthroat power politics simulator with a sophisticated understanding of asymmetric conflict.

A crop of the US box art for Final Fantasy Mystic Quest with an almost art deco hero of flat blue and gold armor holding a glimmering sword that honestly looks pretty cool

Ode to Benjamin

By Alexander B. Joy • February 6th, 2025

In praise of Benjamin – an existential hero who views his adventure as an absurd joke and a colossal pain in the ass.

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The Absurd Pleasures of Atari 2600 Box Art

By Alexander B. Joy • February 28th, 2022

Unrepresentative box art once formed a key pillar of classic gaming.

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