My Eighty Percent Problem By Sam Desatoff • February 9th, 2017 “If I stopped playing, if I refused to pick up the controller, John would stay safe, forever in digital limbo where bullets are ineffective.”
When Escaping Beats Confronting By Matthew Byrd • February 9th, 2017 “When Resident Evil 7 is at its best, it isn’t asking you to fight. It’s asking you to escape.”
Why I’m Okay With Never Winning By Matt Sayer • February 7th, 2017 Enter the Gungeon is the most-played game I’ve never beaten, and I’m a-okay with that.
Cayne Is a Potent Mix of Body Horror and Pregnancy By Khee Hoon Chan • February 7th, 2017 “As a woman who has never given birth before, pregnancy sounds like a disquieting and grisly affair…”
Loving/Hating the Toad’s Turnpike Remake By Jose Cardoso • February 3rd, 2017 Battle Mode may be the saving grace of some of Mario Kart 8’s lesser-loved tracks.
Labor and Love: A Look at Worker Placement Games By Sam Desatoff • February 2nd, 2017 “If worker placement is so simple, how does the genre stay fresh? What keeps one game from feeling like another?”
Cheating My Way to the Super Bowl: The Joy of Exploiting Sports Games By Matthew Byrd • February 2nd, 2017 Sports games may present themselves as simulators for super fans, but that’s why breaking them is so much fun.
