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.
The Board Soul The Board Soul – Focus By Jeremy Signor • December 7th, 2017 Deck building games usually focus on the murky, random world of building up your own deck. Clank shifts that focus to something more tangible and communal.
Pocket Camp: An Exercise in Capitalist Banality By Khee Hoon Chan • December 7th, 2017 And if you’re a bourgeoisie Whale—what videogame companies call their biggest spenders who are willing to drop at least $100 per month on freemium games—well, you’ve exactly the corporate wet dream Nintendo wants to hook in.
Feature Excerpt The Successful Sidescroller By Aron Garst • December 6th, 2017 What makes a successful sidescroller? Aron Garst turns to the developers of Shovel Knight and Runbow to find out.
Feature Excerpt Industrial Waste is Good for You By Agustin Lopez • December 1st, 2017 Don’t worry about all that trash our society produces – we’re going to need it to survive the post-apocalypse.
