Brain Scratch We Scorn Friction at Our Peril By Steven Nguyen Scaife • October 31st, 2022 A look at some smaller games that use friction to make a point, to express frustration and access emotions beyond the limited vocabulary of realism and polish.
Here Be Monsters On Being Chased By Emma Kostopolus • October 31st, 2022 These monsters are more than bundles of code: they are a concrete reminder of the lack of control that we have over our own lives.
I6: Ravenloft (Remastered) By Stu Horvath and John McGuire • October 31st, 2022 A return to Ravenloft…
Dimensions Papers, Apples, Microphones, Chairs: Immortality’s Spatial Miscellany By Caroline Delbert • October 27th, 2022 Sam Barlow’s recent game projects his text-searching trademark into fully realized feature films. How do you know where to look?
Past Presence Roadwarden By Dr. Emily Price • October 27th, 2022 There is a gate made out of living thorns, a tree that drinks your blood, and a river with birds that call to you in human screams.
Assigned, (De)limited Desire Flying Shop of Horrors By Trevor Richardson • October 26th, 2022 Fanaticism, embodiment, and economics have been stitched together to loom dreadful over all.
Revving the Engine Mind the Gap By Caroline Delbert • October 22nd, 2022 In The Gap, you play as neuroscientist Joshua Hayes, who is suffering from a degenerative genetic disease. Caroline speaks with the developers.
Feature Story Dimensions By Caroline Delbert • October 21st, 2022 With enough narrative room, you become the monster.
Transpersonal “There has never been anything smaller than me”: Agent Black, Iconoclasts and the Necessity of Grief By Aster Shen • October 21st, 2022 Agent Black cannot let go – she literally cannot let go – of the rocket that symbolizes a potential that will never be realised.
Feature Story Whose Body Horror Is It, Anyway? By Ruth Cassidy • October 21st, 2022 A look at body horror, the just world fallacy, and lungs that turn into glass.
