Feature Excerpt Hideo Kojima Hates You By Emma Kostopolus • January 23rd, 2023 A study in difficulty scaling.
Here Be Monsters Limited Inventory and Staggered Saves By Emma Kostopolus • December 5th, 2022 The rhetoric of classic survival horror.
Here Be Monsters On Being Chased By Emma Kostopolus • October 31st, 2022 These monsters are more than bundles of code: they are a concrete reminder of the lack of control that we have over our own lives.
Here Be Monsters An Introduction and Manifesto By Emma Kostopolus • October 3rd, 2022 The horror of videogames, and a lot of horror more generally, rests on the fear of time.
Feature Excerpt This Is My Favorite Shop in the Citadel By Emma Kostopolus • December 20th, 2021 The ethics of Mass Effect roleplay.
Feature Excerpt Mother Loves You: Monstrous Parenthood in Amnesia: Rebirth By Emma Kostopolus • July 27th, 2021 There’s a deeper, more metatextual horror to Amnesia: Rebirth.
Feature Excerpt We Found Love in a Chatless Place: Community through Silent Multiplayer By Emma Kostopolus • February 26th, 2021 Painting in a world where no one has mouths but they must speak.
Feature Excerpt Maternal Legacies By Emma Kostopolus • July 30th, 2020 Death Stranding doesn’t erase motherhood: it is, in several important ways, defined by it.
