Science and Sensation: A Blast from the Past Courtesy of The Primevals (2023) By Orrin Grey • July 26th, 2023 The Primevals is pure pulp, hearkening back to the golden age of adventure stories.
Eyeing Elsewhere On Play in Tears of the Kingdom By Phillip Russell • July 26th, 2023 In Tears of the Kingdom, Nintendo has found a captivating approach to its play design by allowing players to approach challenges in a seemingly infinite number of ways.
Yellowjackets and the Erotics of Eating your Friends By Sara Khan • July 25th, 2023 Maybe we know who we are when we’re hungry, and we’re afraid of who we’d be if we weren’t.
Funeral Rites Making Friends with Swords in The Vorpal Almanac By Jay Castello • July 25th, 2023 Swords, writes Levi Combs in the book’s introduction, need “to feel lived in.” And that’s exactly the focus of the 22 blades of The Vorpal Almanac, beautifully illustrated by Sally Cantirino.
The Armory’s 30-Sided Dice Gaming Tables By Stu Horvath and John McGuire • July 23rd, 2023 Need to randomly assign the height and weight of an elf? There is, apparently, a table for that.
Feature Excerpt In Hi-Fi Rush, Style is Substance By Ryan Stevens • July 21st, 2023 The hit rhythm-action title’s design decisions all emanate from its central comic booky visual style and its core commitment to its music.
Feature Excerpt The 3DS Made Dungeon Crawlers Accessible & Its Legacy Is Palpable By Latonya Pennington • July 20th, 2023 Through the 3DS, dungeon crawlers would go from being a niche genre to something more accessible as the console matured.
