They Could be Monsters, For All You Know By Livia Llewellyn • October 25th, 2016 Scores of neighborhood children circle an object on their bikes in the late afternoon sun, chanting as they pelt it with rocks and sticks. When they scatter and dart past you, their grins seem impossibly thin and wide. Were those extra teeth?
HUD: Tension of Fandom By Andrea Ayres • July 21st, 2016 Time to dig real deep into the ever evolving world, and dangers, of fandoms.
Pokémon Go Succeeds Where it Counts By Harry Rabinowitz • July 13th, 2016 Despite freezes, crashes and server problems, Pokémon Go has been a massive success.
Call of Dewty: How We Eat Games By Andrea Ayres • June 7th, 2016 Andrea Ayres digs deep into how food and marketing direct our actions, and how we consume games.
Why All the Hate?: A History of Internet Trolls By Megan Condis • April 18th, 2016 Another day, another flood of trolls complaining online about videogames and hurling abuse at developers and fellow gamers who disagree with them.
My Inner Scales By Ario Elami • April 7th, 2016 “Facing me was an eternity of inky water: clean, pure, impenetrable.” Ario Elami finds an intriguing role-playing opportunity in Dark Souls‘ Path of the Dragon.
The Henchman’s Lament By C.T. Casberg • April 6th, 2016 “The reason I break my silence now and face certain doom is to make a simple plea: remember that henchmen are people too.” C.T. Casberg on being an NSA henchman
To Walk From Left to Right By Richard Clark • April 5th, 2016 “What, then, does it really mean to walk from left to right? To press over, but not forward?“ Richard Clark questions our love of sidescrolling.
Revving the Engine: Hypercharge By Stu Horvath • March 18th, 2016 Stu interviews Joe Henson, community manager on Hypercharge, the game bringing your childhood living room toy soldier battles to life. Part of a series of profiles sponsored by Epic.
Fervescence: An Interview with Livia Llewellyn By Stu Horvath • February 26th, 2016 “Horror and erotica occupy the same dark edges of human existence.” Stu Horvath interviews erotic horror writer Livia Llewellyn.