Gingy's Corner Bunka no Kenkyu: Revival of Queen Leyak By Gingy Gibson • June 8th, 2018 Pacing matters. Plot matters. Making sure your visual novel doesn’t crash matters. No one told this studio.
Belonging Outside of Belonging: Avery Alder’s Dream Askew By Sam Desatoff • June 7th, 2018 For Alder, Dream Askew is the product of years of hard work and iteration. As her vision finally nears release, she hopes that she can inspire marginalized communities to tell their stories in their own unique ways.
Feature Excerpt The Mass Effect Issue: At All Costs By David Shimomura • June 6th, 2018 Humanity never needed Cerberus.
Another Look The Mass Effect Issue: Artificial Immortality By Yussef Cole • June 6th, 2018 Mass Effect makes us question our preconceived notions about artificial intelligence.
Pato Box’s Fisticuffs Lack Punch By Khee Hoon Chan • June 5th, 2018 Perhaps the point of Pato Box is less about its story and setting. Perhaps it’s more about its exploration of the Punch-Out!! mechanics, and how that can be reimagined as a means of experiencing a stylish crime drama about double-crosses and revenge.
The Magical Charm of Empyreal: Spells and Steam By Sam Desatoff • May 31st, 2018 Level 99 hopes to craft a train board game like no other.
How I Almost Gave Up On Games By Amanda Hudgins • May 29th, 2018 I’m not one of those named faces of GamerGate, the women for whom, for better or worse, GamerGate has become a part of their identity and brand. If you think back to those most visibly affected, the ones who had it worse, I’m nobody.
Democracy 3 and the Absurdity of Government By Daniel Schindel • May 25th, 2018 No matter how much players derive pleasure from a challenge, the inherent appeal of sims is the illusion of control that they grant us.
The Board Soul Let’s Get Physical By Jeremy Signor • May 24th, 2018 Catacombs may be a game about flicking discs, but it brings the action of dungeon crawling to life in surprising, intuitive ways.
Revving the Engine Rogue Universe By Stu Horvath • May 24th, 2018 Unwinnable talks to Must Games about their forthcoming mobile space strategy game Rogue Universe.
