Friction Burns For Commander Shepard, Ignorance Is Access By Ruth Cassidy • January 31st, 2022 Shepard’s xenophobia and its invisibility are both tools to give players what they want: as much access to the game’s world as possible, without the social cost.
Hyperfixations The Silent Cartography By Julie Muncy • January 31st, 2022 When it comes to playing through the open world missions of Halo: Infinite, silence is golden.
This Mortal Coyle Maureen Corley from Full Throttle By Deirdre Coyle • January 28th, 2022 Were Ben Throttle and Maureen Corley secretly boning after all?
Past Presence Unholy Aisles By Emily Price • January 27th, 2022 In a new column, Emily Price sets out to examine media objects’ relationships to time and loss.
Friction Burns Being Willfully Bad at Games By Ruth Cassidy • January 26th, 2022 Being ‘bad at games’ was partly a statement of intent: I will not get good and I don’t care to try.
Eyeing Elsewhere A Different Reality By Phillip Russell • January 26th, 2022 Unlike more standard reality television fare, School of Chocolate shows there is drama to be found in the struggles of learning new things.
Try Reading... A New Kind of Green Lantern Story By Harry Rabinowitz • January 25th, 2022 A murder mystery at its core, Far Sector interrogates the idea of a peaceful society while delivering on action, intrigue, style and heart.
Revving the Engine Mean Streets: Project Haven By Ben Sailer • January 24th, 2022 Watch the trailer for Project Haven and you might assume you’re seeing something from a large studio. Its actual origin story is rooted in humble beginnings.
Neuromancer By Stu Horvath and John McGuire • January 24th, 2022 Though cyberpunk existed before it, Neuromancer is the book where it comes into its own.
