Rookie of the Year Rookie of the Year: The Scariest, Saddest Song of 2016 By Matt Marrone • November 5th, 2015 “What happens when you can’t even remember those favorite things that make you not feel so bad?” Matt Marrone on the horror of Daughter’s first track of 2016.
Rookie of the Year Rookie of the Year: I am Google Cardboard By Matt Marrone • October 22nd, 2015 “I am Google Cardboard. I come to this realization slowly.” Matt Marrone explores VR, horror, and childhood with a cardboard case and an expensive smartphone.
Removed: A Photographer Captures the Isolation Effect of Sex Toys By Stu Horvath and Jack Forbes • October 19th, 2015 Some photographer took a bunch of photos and digitally erased the cellphones, so we digitally added a bunch of dildos.
Revving the Engine: Quest-Based Learning By Stu Horvath • October 15th, 2015 Stu interviews Dr. Cynthia Marcello, professor at SUNY Sullivan using quest based learning to teach Unreal Engine 4. Part of a series of profiles sponsored by Epic.
Rookie of the Year Rookie of the Year: Jesus Stalks By Matt Marrone • October 5th, 2015 “When I go to church, it’s not to worship. It’s to stalk musicians.” Matt Marrone finds a way to enjoy his favorite off-tour band live.
Rookie of the Year Rookie of the Year: A Matter of Time By Matt Marrone • September 22nd, 2015 “Why am I floating above the city of Toronto?” Matt Marrone gets creative with a suite of CG geometric iOS photography additives.
Revving the Engine: Outlaws By Stu Horvath • September 10th, 2015 “I want to re-write the way the VFX industry does things and use games tech to do it.” Sponsored by Unreal Engine 4.
Rookie of the Year Your Game Just Wants Some Space By Matt Marrone • September 7th, 2015 “We all know what it’s like to need a videogame. But what about when a videogame no longer needs you?” Matt Marrone on Fallout Shelter and the self-playing game
Senses All Turned Up: An Interview with Stephen Graham Jones By Stu Horvath • August 31st, 2015 “It’s not just being scary on the page, it’s being scary in a way that plugs into the psyche of the audience.” Stu interviews horror writer Stephen Graham Jones
Rookie of the Year Rookie of the Year: Breaking Up With My Xbox By Matt Marrone • August 25th, 2015 “I have come to the end of an era – I am finished with the gaming consoles that inspired me to begin this column in the first place.” The Rookie of the Year begins a new chapter.