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A screenshot from Celeste shows the title character and a buddy standing at the top of a snowy cliff, gazing outward at pink and purple at sunset.

How Failing a Speedrun World Record Taught Me To Enjoy Gaming

By Mira Lazine • August 21st, 2024

What matters more is experiencing the community behind games, seeing all they have to offer, and just enjoying the ride.

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The World Outside the Glass was Almost Gorgeous

By Will Borger • July 25th, 2024

The first step to solving a problem is admitting a problem exists, and the role you played in causing it. None of us are innocent.

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A Los Angeles beach on an overcast day.

The Games Space

By Jay Castello • July 24th, 2024

Geoff is excited for videogames at Opening Night Live in August. Geoff is excited for videogames at the Game Awards in December. Geoff is excited for videogames at Summer Game Fest in June. Soon it will be August again.

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An Attempt Against Muscular Demonstrations of Power: Child of Light at Ten

By Luis Aguasvivas • May 22nd, 2024

A decade after its release, the whimsy of Ubisoft Montreal’s Child of Light still twinkles.

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A still from Children of Men shows a man leading a woman and her just-born child through a throng of soldiers.

Apocalyptic Pregnancy

By Natasha Ochshorn • April 19th, 2024

Perhaps an emotional response to a presidential election year, the weather, uncontrolled rent, or genocide – people on a large scale are questioning parenting as an ethical choice.

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A portrait of Alan Wake looking tortured, red branch-like markings scattered across the dark image.

It’s Not a Loop, It’s a Spiral

By Autumn Wright • April 18th, 2024

Maybe Alan Wake is like me. Maybe I’m like Alan. Trying to write my way out. Maybe the writing is just incidental to this compulsion, something we’re drawn to.

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Key art from The Last Guardian showing the player character offering a feather to the Trico, a large winged creature with the sweetest face.

Ueda, Buddha & Me

By Perry Gottschalk • March 27th, 2024

Don’t come to these games as experts of others, come to these games as someone who has never played one.

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An incomplete jigsaw puzzle featuring Stitch from Disney's Lilo & Stitch.

This is Your Badness Level: Lilo & Stitch and Mental Health

By Orrin Grey • March 26th, 2024

Sometimes watching a cute little blue alien struggle with the same things we struggle with can make it a little easier, at least for a while.

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A distorted version of the album cover for Harry Styles' "Harry's House," featuring an anime character next to Harry.

Made With Love: Anime Mashups and Their Creators

By Justin Kim • February 23rd, 2024

They’re not just shitposts!

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A sampling of several characters from Fortnite's character selection screen.

Fortnite, Eminem and Kidproofing Media in the Age of Content

By Holly Boson • February 22nd, 2024

Eminem’s presence in The Big Bang can be interpreted as an apology to the players following their disastrous attempts at childproofing.

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