Rookie of the Year No Rules Newport By Matt Marrone • February 3rd, 2023 Something happened at the most recent Newport Folk Festival – Sylvan Esso debuted their as-yet-to-be-released and previously-unheard album, No Rules Sandy – for the first time.
Interlinked The Triple Goddess Effect By Phoenix Simms • February 2nd, 2023 Like Hades protagonist Zagreus, Melinoë is also connected to an Orphic hymn, this time one that sings of her as a “saffron veil’d” nymph that inspires both night terrors and madness in people.
Exploits Feature Biking the Beat By Autumn Wright • February 1st, 2023 “After biking some 2,000 miles in the city last year, my memories of my new home are tied to rides and their soundtracks.”
Mind Palaces Athletic Feats of Narrative By Maddi Chilton • January 31st, 2023 Experiencing a story as it happens, one where an ending hasn’t been decided – that is what gives sports their fun and their nerve.
Cairn By Stu Horvath and John McGuire • January 30th, 2023 Part two of our series on ultra-light RPGs, this one mashes up Into the Odd and Knave!
Here Be Monsters Can Scorn Get Out From Under the Cosmic Horror Legacy? By Emma Kostopolus • January 27th, 2023 Scorn and other sci-fi horror games like it rely almost entirely on the horror of the unknown – the unknowable, the inconceivable, and the, well, alien.
Past Presence Recursion By Dr. Emily Price • January 26th, 2023 Over the break, I started playing Dwarf Fortress, a game about avoiding the recurring, inevitable spiral of collapse for as long as you can.
