Bryan Ansell, 1955-2023 By Stu Horvath and John McGuire • May 6th, 2024 A giant of tabletop remembered.
Rookie of the Year Minecraft Menagerie By Matt Marrone • May 3rd, 2024 So . . . how many pandas does it take to crash Minecraft?
Mind Palaces Empathetic Magic By Maddi Chilton • May 2nd, 2024 Wiktor’s entire mode of interaction with the world is one of applied empathy, concentrated and made into magic through the indefinite occultisms of thaumaturgy.
Exploits Feature The Impossibility of Mods Makes Them So Valuable By Elijah Beahm • May 1st, 2024 Why would anyone do this, with minimal support, working uphill against someone else’s code, for free?
A Tale of Game Restrictions By Zonghang Zhou • April 30th, 2024 “I know what you want better than you do, and I am doing this for your own good.” Such blatant patronizing attitudes reveal the inherent disparity of identity between adults and minors.
This Mortal Coyle The Lyktgubbe from Bramble: The Mountain King By Deirdre Coyle • April 30th, 2024 My adult brain feels desperate to chase after lights in the forest, lights I haven’t seen in some time. As a child, I knew better.
Gameplayers By Stu Horvath and John McGuire • April 29th, 2024 Where does the game end and real life begin?
Slay the Princess Again and Again and Again By Phil Hoare • April 26th, 2024 Do I want to watch the gruesome deaths in a film such as Saw? Not particularly, but I won’t be beaten by the film either
Friction Burns Surveillance Paranoia Where You Most and Least Expect It By Ruth Cassidy • April 25th, 2024 When Life Eater takes away access, you realize just what you were getting from it.
Funeral Rites The Tower, The Fool, The Meatgrinder By Noah Springer • April 23rd, 2024 “His Majesty the Worm is very focused on megadungeon-crawling, and I wanted players to have this sense that surviving the dangers means something.”
