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West Marches

By Stu Horvath and John McGuire • May 8th, 2023

Go west, young adventurer!

A cropped image of a television screen featuring a wobbly image of an old cassette recorder and speaker combination, laying against an otherwise empty concrete room, the tv it's displayed on above a clock that reads 9:25, all coming from the icon for GAMETHING podcast season 4: horror

Screening Calls with GAMETHING’s David Wolinsky and Pippin Barr

By Ben Sailer • May 5th, 2023

“I think that’s the joy of what we’re doing, it’s like a crock pot for ideas about games that otherwise you would just totally zoom past if you have to be like, ‘Here’s my here’s my final judgment.'”

Interlinked
A close-up of Daisy Fitzroy's face in Bioshock Infinite. She is a determined-looking young black woman with tied-back braids.

Less Punk and More Funk

By Phoenix Simms • May 5th, 2023

What would a character like Daisy Fitzroy have been capable of if her script in Bioshock Infinite were handled by an African American writer with a Steamfunk sensibility?

Mind Palaces
A scene from Dune shows the silhouette of a man looking out across a vast expanse of organized troops in a desert landscape.

Honor Among Adaptations

By Maddi Chilton • May 4th, 2023

A faithful adaptation can be satisfying, but an unfaithful adaptation can be invigorating.

Here Be Monsters
A dimly-lit hallway extends forward into the unknown, lined with identical doorways on each side.

Videogames and the Global Haunted House

By Emma Kostopolus • May 3rd, 2023

The internet is now a place where creations such as SCP: Containment Breach can exist because of the cumulative creative and intellectual work of an entire community of people.

I Played It, Like, Twice...
Box art for the board game 13 Dead End Drive, featuring cartoon depictions of a sour old man as the butler and a shifty-eyed maid, as well as a swinging chandelier over a nervous chef, a bumbling tennis nephew, spooked librarian, worried psychic, and other money-hungry family folks

A Dark and Stormy Night: The Old Dark House Vibes of 13 Dead End Drive

By Orrin Grey • May 2nd, 2023

The traps are pretty much the game’s whole gimmick but, ironically, you don’t need any of them to play.

Empire of the East

By Stu Horvath and John McGuire • May 1st, 2023

So wait, demons are nukes? Apparently! At least as far as Fred Saberhagen is concerned.

Exploits Feature

Mechanical Sympathy

By Van Dennis • May 1st, 2023

“…you learn to care for a machine to the point where you see it as more than just metal.”

Eyeing Elsewhere
A close-up of Leon Kennedy in Resident Evil 4 Remake. He's got a chiseled jaw, a cleft chin, and a fantastic head of blonde hair that falls into his eyes just so.

What Are Ya Buyin’?

By Phillip Russell • April 27th, 2023

From what I’ve played of Resident Evil 4 Remake thus far, I’ve come to feel that while I am immensely enjoying the game, I wonder why it exists.

Funeral Rites
Detail from the cover of Runecairn shows the skull and spine of a serpent's skeleton rendered in bright pink and purple inks.

After Ragnarok: Featuring Colin Le Sueur

By Oluwatayo Adewole • April 24th, 2023

It’s a bold move for Le Sueur to make a Norse-inspired Souls-like tabletop roleplaying game, and yet he manages to avoid some extremely fraught territory.

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