Performing Through Failure to Hit that Hi-Fi Rush By Fred Banks • August 28th, 2024 There is a performance to games, from reaching an in-game objective, or literally a developer-created achievement as an extra bonus for a particular feat or choice in a game.
Noah's Beat Box Memories of a Commonwealth By Noah Springer • August 14th, 2024 I’ve lived in a number of cities over my life, but my memories of Boston seem to feel stronger, maybe because of my time in Fallout 4.
Musings Don’t Look Up By Blake Hester • July 31st, 2024 When you tell people, “Don’t look up,” you essentially are telling them, “Don’t enjoy where you live.”
Banksy on Display: An Interview with the Executive Director with NYC’s New Banksy Museum By Elijah Beahm • June 17th, 2024 Elijah Beahm interviews William Meade, the Executive Director of the new Banksy Museum in NYC.
Rookie of the Year If You Can’t Wed It, Reddit By Matt Marrone • June 5th, 2024 Reddit seems to actually care when no one else does.
Exploits Feature Lists Issue Introduction By Stu Horvath • June 3rd, 2024 A celebration of the importance of lists. A celebration of the ubiquity of lists. A celebration of the absurdity of lists.
Learning to Love the Mountain While Getting Over It By Joshua M. Henson • May 9th, 2024 To begin the task of climbing was to promise myself that I could reach the summit.
Area of Effect A Wilderness of Thoughts Grown in Snufkin: Melody of Moominvalley By Jay Castello • May 7th, 2024 The garden is not the park, although the tension of its civilizing influence is never resolved.
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.
Musings The Everlasting Allure of the Shitty City By Blake Hester • April 25th, 2024 I feel like I’ve never truly cared about where I live, and as such, places have never felt truly comfortable. But I do care about Astoria, about New York.
