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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.

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.*

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.

Rookie of the Year
In a still from the television show You, a young man stands close behind a blonde woman reading a book, staring at her intently.

You & Me

By Matt Marrone • June 3rd, 2022

Matt gets a little too close to You.

Collision Detection
A blue, red and white race car sits in a mirrored trailer.

Passion and Generosity in the Vision of Gran Turismo

By Ben Sailer • June 2nd, 2022

Gran Turismo 7 has been criticized for greedy microtransactions. The spirit of its creative vision, however, is more generous than its commercial aspirations.

Past Presence
A moody shot of a thatch-roofed tiki bar called The Rum Colony from the videogame Kentucky Route Zero.

Cheap Machines

By Dr. Emily Price • May 31st, 2022

Using speculative genres, games propose a horror that lies within debt and the meaningless work meant to assuage it: that rather than being a neat system with a clear path to success, it is instead an unresolvable problem.

Eyeing Elsewhere
A close-up of Robert Pattinson wearing cape and cowl in The Batman.

Something in the Way

By Phillip Russell • May 30th, 2022

In The Batman we’re presented with a caped crusader who is an extension of the police – he isn’t just a nocturnal animal prowling the streets for crime, he’s their nocturnal animal.

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