Another Look My Cousin’s Atari By Yussef Cole • February 4th, 2022 Yussef receives a shock to the system (in more ways than one).
Rookie of the Year I Bought a House By Matt Marrone • February 3rd, 2022 Matt offers his tips on buying your first home.
Collision Detection Welcome to the Circus of Value By Ben Sailer • February 2nd, 2022 Ben ponders the absurdity of inflated videogame software and hardware valuations on the used market and nearly has an existential crisis.
Exploits Feature What We Never Saw By Orrin Grey • January 31st, 2022 Where the Saw franchise didn’t go, but maybe should have.
Friction Burns For Commander Shepard, Ignorance Is Access By Ruth Cassidy • January 31st, 2022 Shepard’s xenophobia and its invisibility are both tools to give players what they want: as much access to the game’s world as possible, without the social cost.
Hyperfixations The Silent Cartography By Julie Muncy • January 31st, 2022 When it comes to playing through the open world missions of Halo: Infinite, silence is golden.
This Mortal Coyle Maureen Corley from Full Throttle By Deirdre Coyle • January 28th, 2022 Were Ben Throttle and Maureen Corley secretly boning after all?
Past Presence Unholy Aisles By Emily Price • January 27th, 2022 In a new column, Emily Price sets out to examine media objects’ relationships to time and loss.
Friction Burns Being Willfully Bad at Games By Ruth Cassidy • January 26th, 2022 Being ‘bad at games’ was partly a statement of intent: I will not get good and I don’t care to try.
