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Area of Effect
Heavy blue curtains, drawn across a stage.

Some Questions I Personally Find Interesting About Paint

By Jay Castello • April 5th, 2024

Cloud Strife might be a cleric. Yes, sorry, I’m talking about the yellow paint.

I Played It, Like, Twice...
a close up shot of the game Super Boss Monster, featuring a library area and a hideout area with minion meeples standing there as well as some dungeon room cards like Kobold Union and Puzzle Door

But Not Too Bold: Building a Better Dungeon in Boss Monster

By Orrin Grey • April 3rd, 2024

The real draw of both Boss Monster and Overboss is the low-res pixel art of side-scrolling dungeon rooms (in the former case) and top-down overworlds (in the latter).

Interlinked
The overworld map for World 1 of Super Mario World, featuring many paths for Mario to travel.

A 16-Bit Memorial Garden

By Phoenix Simms • April 3rd, 2024

If All the World and Love were Young is not only a stunning elegy for Stephen Sexton’s mother, but an ekphrastic piece about the nature of play and memory.

Max Hass holds BJ's head against his own as an intimate greeting while BJ reciprocates the feeling

Why Max Hass Matters

By J.M. Henson • April 1st, 2024

The act of resisting the Nazi occupation with violence is not enough. The Resistance must also revolt via empathy towards those that fascism casts aside.

Exploits Feature

Liminality: Fear of Transition

By Kasio Dalton • April 1st, 2024

“It’s a terrifying suggestion that someone might call a transitory space home.”

Arkham

By Stu Horvath and John McGuire • April 1st, 2024

If the Colour is out of Space it should maybe consider weeding some of its shelves, amirite?

Friction Burns
A screenshot from Mosa Lina with the player character jumping in the air off a tower of blocks over to a balloon platform and a fish balloon?

(Sometimes) Literally Unwinnable

By Ruth Cassidy • March 29th, 2024

It would be easy for Mosa Lina to feel like an opponent to conquer, but instead it feels like we’re on the same team.

Past Presence
A screenshot from Octopia shows the main character standing on a bridge overlooking a beautiful mountain valley.

Octopia is a Sweet Farming Sim That Rewrites Eastward’s History

By Dr. Emily Price • March 29th, 2024

Simple stories don’t have to overcomplicate themselves to be good.

Funeral Rites

Between the Skies and Beyond the Horizon

By Justin Reeve • March 28th, 2024

Designer Huffa Frobes-Cross refers to Between the Skies as “rules minimalist, fiction maximalist.”

A screenshot from Timemelters, where the lead character holds a hand ringed with light to send energy against a horde of charged zombies heading her way while the moon hovers overhead and a spooky building lurks behind

Melting Time With Autoexec Games

By Elijah Beahm • March 27th, 2024

“Our players really love overcoming challenges. Forming a great strategy, incorporating all your echoes, slowly watching it come together. It’s been incredible to see people play. I don’t think there’s a better feeling as a game dev.”

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