Cascading through the Mud with Coalesce and Meatwound By Levi Rubeck • February 28th, 2018 It was orchestrated chaos that kept even the die-hard karate kids in the pit at bay, which is no small feat.
Rain World’s Brutal Metaphysics By Sam Zucchi • February 27th, 2018 The circle of life is not a metaphor for the operation of an ecosystem, but a lived reality; sometimes you are prey and sometimes you are predator—but you will remember either way.
Your Spoony Speedrunner By Levi Rubeck • February 21st, 2018 To watch Final Fantasy IV get flayed so fluently, with a mind-boggling grace not unlike a stolen car getting stripped for parts in seconds…
Hamilton is an Eating Disorder Battle Anthem By Ellen Ricks • February 21st, 2018 It was a rough year. Then again, every year is a rough year when you’re slowly committing suicide.
GB Burford: GOTY 2017 By GB Burford • January 22nd, 2018 Art, I think, is at its best when it helps us deal with life.
Feature Excerpt Lasagna Cat and the Internet We Lost By David Wolinsky • January 16th, 2018 David Wolinsky talks to Jeffrey Max and Zach Johnson – collectively known as Fatal Frame – about the return of Lasagna Cat and the internet we used to have.
Best of Wrestling 2017 By Don Becker and Kenneth J. Lucas • January 9th, 2018 Was 2017 the best year for wrestling? We give some evidence that it might be.
Feature Excerpt A Most Curious Black Hole By Maxwell Neely-Cohen • December 21st, 2017 Is Crusader Kings II a strategy game? A simulation of history? A storytelling engine? Maxwell Neely-Cohen dives into the black hole to find out.
Feature Excerpt Localize It! By Jun Wilkinson • December 20th, 2017 Earthbound is a masterpiece of localization. How did they do it?
Terry Crews, Silence Breaker By Alyse Stanley • December 15th, 2017 When the Time Magazine Silence Breakers cover was revealed, I was shocked by the person I didn’t see: Terry Crews.
