Feature Excerpt Teaching Crunch By Melissa Brinks • January 28th, 2019 Many students enter the video game industry well aware of its infamous crunch culture. After all, their colleges groomed them for it.
Making Mulaka – Adventures in Not Making a Game By Malindy Hetfeld • January 28th, 2019 Making Mulaka, a book released through Select Start Press is a about a group of people and their journey to make a game.
Gingy's Corner Crimson Gray By Gingy Gibson • January 26th, 2019 As problematic as yanderes can be, Crimson Gray did a fantastic job portraying the trope.
Artificial Interpersonal Relationships By Levi Rubeck • January 24th, 2019 CrossCode tingles with succulent friction and the loops carry me along on a raft that feels like home, even if I’m unsure where I’m going.
Romeo(s): Where Art Thou? By Blake P • January 24th, 2019 The depiction of a trans character by a cis actor will always be the second-best option—the ideal situation being actually hiring a transgender actor instead.
Katamari Damacy: Keep Going By Jeremy Signor • January 23rd, 2019 Katamari Damacy might be the most affirming experience in gaming.
What The Good Place says about game design By Kris Ligman • January 22nd, 2019 If you’ve run a game for eons and all of a sudden not a single player was making it to the end goal, is that your fault or theirs?
Human Sacrifice in the Maya Culture By Jen Sisco and Robin Mazzolla • January 22nd, 2019 Notorious Narratives explores the reasons, process and necessity of human sacrifice in the Maya culture.
Remembering the Games of Greg Stafford By Stu Horvath • January 21st, 2019 This time, we take a look at the games of the late, great Greg Stafford and try to chart his influence on the tabletop RPG hobby.
Gingy's Corner XOXO Droplets By Gingy Gibson • January 18th, 2019 7 hours of dragging myself through the worst elements of high school that I am never get back.