Forms in Light Pacific Palettes By Justin Reeve • February 15th, 2024 Games like Alan Wake 2 provide a glimpse into the Pacific Northwest, allowing us to experience the multifaceted architectural identity of a region largely untouched by modern media.
Noah's Beat Box Museum Piece By Noah Springer • February 15th, 2024 A pilgrimage to “The Culture: Hip Hop & Contemporary Art in the 21st Century” at the St. Louis Art Museum.
Casting Deep Meteo PAX Unplugged 2023 By Levi Rubeck • February 14th, 2024 Breakfast tacos, cloudy donuts, Dark Souls on cardboard and one really, really big organ.
Area of Effect The Call is Coming from Inside the Courtroom By Jay Castello • February 13th, 2024 Great Ace Attorney, set in Meiji era Japan and Victorian London, manages to upend the sacred space of the courtroom.
Rookie of the Year Mysolda: Renewing My Wedding Vows … with an NPC By Matt Marrone • February 13th, 2024 In many ways, my exploits in Skyrim remain the greatest achievements of my pathetic little life.
Interlinked Now You’re Playing with Privilege By Phoenix Simms • February 9th, 2024 With times being as turbulent as they are in real life, sitting and appreciating a game’s artistry feels distinctly useless at times.
Here Be Monsters Loading the Gun: Simulation and Realism in Horror Mechanics By Emma Kostopolus • February 8th, 2024 Horror in game mechanics arises from the difference in how we interact with things that are realistic versus things that absolutely are not.
Mind Palaces Mostly Normal People By Maddi Chilton • February 7th, 2024 In the past few years of weird and superficial social media-based media criticism, a character’s relatability (or, used not synonymously but often close to it, likability) is shorthand for how successful they are within their text.
This Mortal Coyle Goth Femmes of Elden Ring By Deirdre Coyle • February 6th, 2024 Ranking Elden Ring’s goth femmes from “least” to “most” goth.
