Luke Perry was Riverdale’s Best Idea By Harry Mackin • April 2nd, 2019 The story of Fred Andrews is, thanks to Riverdale’s framing, is in some small part the story of Luke Perry.
Backlog Whose Apocalypse? By Gavin Craig • April 2nd, 2019 While wandering through Far Cry: New Dawn’s unplausible dystopia, Gavin Craig sees it as just one ending in a cycle as old as time.
Red Box By Stu Horvath and John McGuire • April 1st, 2019 This week, we’re talking about the Dungeons & Dragons Basic Set, the iconic red box. We also chat about the Mixtape Massacre board game and the indie TTRPG distro/publisher Exalted Funeral.
Another Look Alone at the End of the World By Yussef Cole • April 1st, 2019 Why developers continue to make post-apocalyptic games is well studied. Yussef Cole instead examines why players like himself love returning to their ruined worlds.
The McMaster Files The Rules By Jason McMaster • March 30th, 2019 Mental illness can make a person obsessive, which – as Jason finds – makes it nearly impossible to dislike games.
Unmissable: Episode 4 By Sara Clemens and David Shimomura • March 28th, 2019 It’s all about games on this week’s episode of Unmissable!
The Sax Always Brings Me Back By Levi Rubeck • March 28th, 2019 Angel Du$t fooled the old fans by daring each to hate this laser-beam of everything they’ve ever worked towards.
Hypnospace Outlaw Finds the Horror in Viruses By Jeremy Signor • March 26th, 2019 An eerie tribute to the early days of the internet, Hypnospace Outlaw reveals the hidden hell of computer viruses.
Feature Excerpt Donut County and the Boisterous History of White Guilt By Jason Dafnis • March 26th, 2019 The quirky indie game makes a statement on gentrification, capitalism, and – in the raccoon BK’s character – the weaponization of racial guilt.
Feature Excerpt Replaying Deus Ex In An Age of Conspiracy Theorists By Mark Hill • March 26th, 2019 Nineteen years after its release, Deus Ex’s story reveals its age far more than its clunky graphics ever could.
