The Co-op of Cthulhu By D.M. Olson • November 5th, 2015 “Arkham Horror could be used as a case study of almost perfectly executed mechanics as narrative.” D.M. Olson dies to Cthulhu in two Lovecraftian board games.
Rookie of the Year Rookie of the Year: The Scariest, Saddest Song of 2016 By Matt Marrone • November 5th, 2015 “What happens when you can’t even remember those favorite things that make you not feel so bad?” Matt Marrone on the horror of Daughter’s first track of 2016.
The Burnt Offering The Howls of the Damned By Stu Horvath • October 30th, 2015 Where are the songs that make us scream in terror?
A Ship of Broken Jedi By John Wm. Thompson • October 29th, 2015 “Every other character who can actually see the Force describes the player as a walking emptiness.” John Wm. Thompson on KOTOR2’s oddness and arguable success.
The World Ends With Youth By Rob Haines • October 29th, 2015 “The epitome of teenage isolation, Neku tried to understand other people, but his total lack of adult empathy makes them intrinsically unknowable, an unsolvable enigma.”
Paint-Eater: Urban Art in Digital Worlds By Heather Alexandra • October 29th, 2015 “We’ll be waving our controllers around, miming activity that we clearly don’t understand.” Heather Alexandra on gaming’s failure to understand street art.
Back to the Couch By Taylor Hidalgo • October 22nd, 2015 “A couch full of audience-participants, and an enduring sense that gaming was something I got to share with everyone, even though I was the only one ‘playing’.”
Rookie of the Year Rookie of the Year: I am Google Cardboard By Matt Marrone • October 22nd, 2015 “I am Google Cardboard. I come to this realization slowly.” Matt Marrone explores VR, horror, and childhood with a cardboard case and an expensive smartphone.
Tron Bonne and the Family Business By Brian Crimmins • October 22nd, 2015 The Misadventures of Tron Bonne shows us how we can reconcile our personal interests with an impersonal economic reality. It all starts by rejecting capitalism.
