Dialogue A Dialogue with Grace Benfell By Autumn Wright • April 17th, 2025 “I think people are very afraid – and I am very afraid, I’m not immune to this at all – of people laughing at their lives.”
Casting Deep Meteo The Savory Surprise of Eternal Strands By Levi Rubeck • April 17th, 2025 One day it seemed to just descend, a videogame-ass videogame looking to do its thing and do it with style.
I Used to Love Yakuza’s Shun Akiyama, Until I Realized How Much He Hates Women By Hiero de Lima • April 16th, 2025 One of the Yakuza’s most adored protagonists is also a constant mouthpiece for its most naked misogyny.
Area of Effect Ka-Boom By Jay Castello • April 15th, 2025 I truly, genuinely, do not think I have ever been as frustrated with a videogame in my life.
Rookie of the Year Stardew For Two By Matt Marrone • April 15th, 2025 All three Marrone males have their own farms. Dad’s is a thriving, end-game affair. Jacob’s is, well, bounding with potential. Peter’s is a total mess.
I Played It, Like, Twice... Draw!: Reaching the End of the Line in Dungeon Scrawlers By Orrin Grey • April 14th, 2025 Dungeon Scrawlers has much more in common with the placemat at a fast food restaurant than with a game of Dungeons & Dragons.
Interlinked Nostalgia² By Phoenix Simms • April 11th, 2025 There’s a curious folding of time and space, or at least our personal perception of time and space when it comes to ludic memory.
Don't Stop Believing Legendary Shows What a Biblical Epic Actually Is By Elijah Beahm • April 10th, 2025 I desperately need you to know: Your popular sci-fi IP isn’t a Biblical Epic.
On Becoming a Grognard with Grace and Self-Awareness By Ryan Whalen • April 10th, 2025 All of our geek touchstones were someone else’s cringe reboot.