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Friction Burns
Two images from the game Card Shark, once where a play holds a hand of playing cards, and another with a man pouring wine into a glass, suspiciously

In Card Shark, The Devil Finds Work For Busy Hands

By Ruth Cassidy • June 16th, 2022

The easiest mark is one distracted by believing they’re getting one over on someone else.

Self-Insert
A still of Jennifer Lawrence as Katniss Everdeen in The Hunger Games, stands in thick woods and readies a bow and arrow to take a shot.

Berklie Novak-Stolz Is Happy to Be “Cringe”

By Amanda Hudgins • June 15th, 2022

An interview with the TikTok creator and fandom enthusiast.

Nonhuman Meditations
In a screenshot from a Kirby videogame, a pink marshmallow-like fellow wears steampunk gear while taking on a large bat wearing what looks like a hockey mask.

Dreaming of Dream Land

By Alyssa Wejebe • June 14th, 2022

Alyssa remembers the time she shapeshifted into a bunch of creatures and decimated an airship with her brothers before escaping on a sentient cyclops wheel.

Dune

By Stu Horvath and John McGuire • June 13th, 2022

Fear is the strategy killer.

Here's the Thing
In key art from No Man's Sky, a giant metal orb surrounds a ball of glowing red energy. A smaller orb placed in an opening in its center brings to mind a giant eye.

Let’s Talk About The Story of No Man’s Sky

By Rob Rich • June 10th, 2022

Rob’s been spending a lot of time with No Man’s Sky lately and was genuinely surprised by its story. Yes, there’s a story.

Forms in Light
The ruins of Harappa in the Indus Valley Civilization on a clear, sunny day.

Fair and Square

By Justin Reeve • June 9th, 2022

Plenty of games have been set in Egypt, Iraq and even China, but few have taken place in India. Why has the Indus Valley Civilization been so badly ignored?

Casting Deep Meteo
Four player-characters from the videogame The Anacrusis lined up shoulder to shoulder in what looks like a large bright space station.

A Contender for Cultish Adoration

By Levi Rubeck • June 8th, 2022

The vibe of The Anacrusis is Star Trek lined with Austin Powers – polymer one-piece uniforms meets chalk-candy make-up and analog design.

The Heavy Pour
Detail of a red brick wall hand-drawn in colored pencil.

What to Do for Dinner

By Sara Clemens • June 7th, 2022

Some people make decisions like *that.*

I Played It Like Twice...
Five miniatures from Tiny Epic Dungeons stand at the ready, featuring skeleton, ghost, knight, spider in web, and fire elemental

Burning the Torch at Both Ends: Peril Comes in Small Packages in Tiny Epic Dungeons

By Orrin Grey • June 6th, 2022

These are minuscule board games that come in boxes about the size of the ones you used to get checkbooks in, back when anybody had checkbooks.

Another Look
A screenshot of the pixelated cast of Star Fox, including main character Fox McCloud, flanked by Slippy Toad and Peppy Hare

Starry-Eyed Fox

By Yussef Cole • June 6th, 2022

“I’ve been trying to clear Star Fox,” she ventured, holding up the rectangular cartridge with a question in her eyes.

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