Exploits Feature Unpacking By Krista McCay • January 2nd, 2023 Objects they keep, objects they part with…
Brain Scratch Lonely Heart of the Cards Club By Steven Nguyen Scaife • December 14th, 2022 The one Lord apparently has better things to do than stop the scavenger hunt for a forbidden trading card collection.
Interlinked The Prince of Hades Laughs with a Mouthful of Blood By Phoenix Simms • December 8th, 2022 Zagreus is definitely a liminal figure trapped in a purgatorial space – and this metaphor extends to the entire setting of Hades.
Friction Burns Against the Storm, Against Randomness, Against the Inevitable By Ruth Cassidy • November 29th, 2022 An exploration of the tensions you play with, vs the tensions the game’s text shows you. It isn’t enough to survive against all odds – for the purpose of your task list, that’s simply assumed.
Revving the Engine Breaking Away From the Fold By Justin Reeve • November 23rd, 2022 A Tale of Paper: Refolded poses a number of interesting questions including the extent to which our most deeply held hopes and ambitions can impact the people around us.
Feature Story What Creates Class In The Internet Age? By Ciaran Doran • November 22nd, 2022 Worldwide internet penetration is only hovering at around 50%. That means that every other person worldwide has no independent chance to read this article.
Always Autumn There are Decapitations By Autumn Wright • November 10th, 2022 Too Many Cooks is at once an absurdist comedy sketch and a critical cautionary tale, full of pastiche referents like “relics of a time that we long for but shouldn’t return to.”
Interlinked Half-Humans and Half-Lives By Phoenix Simms • November 3rd, 2022 At the throbbing heart of Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust is a fear of different beings mixing to create a monstrous one.
Brain Scratch We Scorn Friction at Our Peril By Steven Nguyen Scaife • October 31st, 2022 A look at some smaller games that use friction to make a point, to express frustration and access emotions beyond the limited vocabulary of realism and polish.
