Feature Excerpt Gorogoa and the Power of the Frame By Rachel Watts • July 2nd, 2018 An exploration into how the beautifully crafted puzzle game Gorogoa uses the power of framing and panel composition to create a unique puzzle mechanic and an immersive storytelling technique.
Exploits Feature Praying By Amanda Hudgins • July 2nd, 2018 “You had better hope that a higher power is ready to someday forgive you, it says, because I am not.”
The Ticking Clock in Cultist Simulator By Bill Coberly • July 2nd, 2018 Cultist Simulator is about starting a cult, but it functions as a metaphor for a creative person struggling to keep their head above water while making time for the art that makes their life worthwhile.
Backlog Backlog: Unpacking By Gavin Craig • July 1st, 2018 Relocating to a new home can be difficult. Everything you know and love packed away into neat little boxes. Be isn’t it natural; after all, as Gavin Craig puts it, it’s where we all end up anyway.
This Mortal Coyle Vera Oberlin By Deirdre Coyle • June 29th, 2018 Having been in love with the Beast since grade school, Deirdre thought seducing the ilk of Monster Prom would be easy. She was wrong.
Gingy's Corner Where Are the Disabilities in Visual Novels? By Gingy Gibson • June 29th, 2018 Nearly seven years after its release, Katawa Shoujo is still the most prominent visual novel with disabled characters. That’s not a good thing.
E-soterica The Domestic Horror of Perfectly Ordinary Ghosts By Alyse Stanley • June 28th, 2018 Perfectly Ordinary Ghosts details the horrors hidden just out of sight in the most sacred of places: our quaint suburban homes.
A Mandala of Space Bullets By Levi Rubeck • June 27th, 2018 In bullet-hell, tactics, and life, man plans and god/nature/the universe laughs. You can drill those fingers or try to anticipate every possible outcome, but in the end we are flawed beings living at the whims of the cosmos.
What Shone at E3 2018 Despite…E3 2018 By Davis Cox • June 26th, 2018 Is there anything inspiring, anything creative, anything wonder-inducing to be found at E3 2018? Let’s see.
Feature The Origins of Assassin’s Creed By Yussef Cole • June 26th, 2018 Yussef Cole explores the complex relationship between Assassin’s Creed: Origins, Egypt and blackness.
