I Played It, Like, Twice… Lost in the Dark: Finding My Way to Descent During the Plague Times By Orrin Grey • September 3rd, 2020 “In a fit of COVID-induced mania and an effort to scratch that at-home D&D itch, I picked up not just Descent but several of the expansions.”
Collision Detection Baseball is Dead, Long Live Blaseball By Ben Sailer • September 3rd, 2020 The only thing weirder than the satirical baseball sim Blaseball is actual professional baseball.
Bloodlines Specter of Aesthetic Play By David Shimomura • September 2nd, 2020 Ghost of Tsushima is a love-sick letter to the tone and feel of pop culture samurai media.
Digital Fuckery: The Monetization of WebToons By Amanda Hudgins • September 2nd, 2020 These systems are designed to keep the reader in place, to keep them reading as long as possible and on the same sites, spending currency in the same place.
Try Reading... Descending Into Yourself By Harry Rabinowitz • September 2nd, 2020 Iasmin Omar Ata has published a hard and honest debut novel tackling epilepsy, isolation and illness
Revving the Engine No Straight Roads: Rock Will Never Die By Stu Horvath • September 1st, 2020 Unwinnable chats with co-founder Daim Dziauddin about Metronomik’s new, rockin’ adventure: No Straight Roads.
The Beat Box Noteworthy Hip Hop – August 2020 By Noah Springer • September 1st, 2020 “We’re still in quarantine, and I’m still listening to beats and rhymes.”
Exploits Feature Hades By Diego Nicolás Argüello • September 1st, 2020 “Even though the gods have the power to grant him infinite strength, they choose to wield Zagreus as yet another pawn…”
The Green Knight By Stu Horvath and John McGuire • August 31st, 2020 This week we check out the RPG based on the forthcoming A24 film The Green Knight.
Feature Excerpt Talkin’ ‘Bout Bugsnax By Melissa King • August 28th, 2020 A look at how Kero Kero Bonito came up with gaming’s happiest bop of the summer.
