DISASTER PARADISE: at the Centre of the Miiverse By Gwil Jones • October 8th, 2021 Like so much of the Wii U, Miiverse’s emerald-green message boards have been taped off for years, a generic error message flatly reminding us of its indefinite closure and the start-up stampede replaced with lifeless replica dolls.
Exploits Feature “The Call of Cthulhu” By Orrin Grey • October 1st, 2021 There are a million ways to read “The Call of Cthulhu,” but this one sure is the prettiest.
Revving the Engine An Unreal Curriculum By Ben Sailer • September 20th, 2021 At Abertay University, students learn the skills to thrive in an industry that’s grown into an economic and educational force.
Exploits Feature Tomie By Yussef Cole • August 31st, 2021 She is the fantasy and the nightmare, all at once.
Revving the Engine Broken Helms, Shattered Shields By Sara Clemens • August 19th, 2021 Videogame Vikings are having a moment.
Feature Excerpt On Orientalism and Exoticism in Videogame Music By William Dowell • August 18th, 2021 The insidious way that Orientalism exists in videogame music.
Feature Excerpt The Mutated City By Zsolt David • August 17th, 2021 The world living in the husk of another.
Exploits Feature The Shadow of the Cat By Orrin Grey • August 1st, 2021 An old lady gets knocked off by her husband and servants in a relatively brutal opening, and the only witness is the cat. So far so good.
Feature Excerpt Ecstatic Truth in Games By Ben Rueter • July 28th, 2021 What nonfiction games offer if you can find them
Feature Excerpt Mother Loves You: Monstrous Parenthood in Amnesia: Rebirth By Emma Kostopolus • July 27th, 2021 There’s a deeper, more metatextual horror to Amnesia: Rebirth.
