Dead-End Narrative By Richard Clark • October 12th, 2016 “In a world full of challenges, when our lives are defined by one obstacle after another, violence is a dead-end narrative.”
Bullitt to the Head By Corey Milne • October 12th, 2016 “The thing about memory is that it lies. Constantly. Our heads are like sieves and our brains try to plug the holes as best it can…”
Here's the Thing Getting Over Metal Gear Survive By Rob Rich • October 11th, 2016 People need to stop pretending that they wouldn’t be lapping it up if it was the self-proclaimed “auteur’s” idea in the first place.
Hate to Lose, Love to Win By Andrea Ayres • October 11th, 2016 “Our feelings about loss and failure tend to become more complicated when we begin to add in identity and social inclusion (or exclusion).”
Street Fighter V: A Time to Play and a Time to Watch By Khee Hoon Chan • October 11th, 2016 It’s fun to quarter-circle your way through arcade mode on easy, but sometimes Street Fighter V is better enjoyed without a controller.
Backlog The Sand and the Sea By Gavin Craig • October 10th, 2016 Giant Squid’s founder, Matt Nava, was art director for 2012’s Journey, and it’s clear that Abzû is an attempt to create a similar sort experiential parable.
Rookie of the Year If You Want to View Paradise By Matt Marrone • October 10th, 2016 “In high school, I wrote a musical.” Matt Marrone recalls a glorious time and pays tribute to Gene Wilder.
Brief Encounter By Adam Boffa • October 9th, 2016 If Brief Encounter does hold up, it’s probably because stories of love found at the wrong place and time are uniquely heartbreaking.
Beholder: The Apartment Management Sim for the Paranoid Conspiracy Theorist By Megan Condis • September 26th, 2016 “I didn’t want to do them harm, but I also didn’t mind invading their privacy, especially when I could convince myself that it was for their own good.”
Become the Early Internet’s Big Brother in Hypnospace Outlaw By Khee Hoon Chan • September 20th, 2016 An ode to the early internet and all the hideous design that came with it.