Feature Excerpt I’m Afraid It’s Been… 10 Years: A Phantom Pain Retrospective By Ryan Wagahoff • June 24th, 2025 It’s difficult to believe from a starfucker like Hideo Kojima, but he really wants his players to be center stage.
The Devil’s Disguises By Ryan Wagahoff • October 15th, 2024 To bring The Devil into the picture is to inflict a rigid structure on the work.
Confronting our Perverse Pleasures with Children of the Sun and Life Eater By Ryan Wagahoff • August 5th, 2024 Videogames love to dehumanize enemies (it’s much easier to feel OK about killing a masked goon than it is to kill a unique person with a face) but are rarely interested in drawing this to the player’s attention.
