Feature Excerpt To Be a Bird on an Island By Taylor Hidalgo • September 23rd, 2022 During unsteady times, it’s easy to get caught up in the sadness of uncertainty. Thankfully, there are little animals tromping around an island to remind us that it doesn’t have to be that way.
Assigned, (De)limited Desire The Dodo Wears Labelle By Trevor Richardson • August 25th, 2022 Label has her would-be muses dress up to spur her inspiration, but what materially occurs is a transaction of influence.
Nonhuman Meditations A Dog and Her Friend and the Lockdown in Between By Alyssa Wejebe • August 11th, 2022 Alyssa imagines Isabelle’s friendship with Doomguy while remembering the first year of lockdown.
Here's the Thing Nintendo Has No Idea What It’s Doing By Rob Rich • January 13th, 2022 Rob thinks Nintendo still has no idea what it’s doing when it comes to online services and functionality.
The Best Games of 2020 By Team Unwinnable • December 31st, 2020 This year has put on one hell of a spectacular shit show. But at the same time, games have proven to be the one salve we need to tide us over through 2020.
The Heavy Pour Buddies By Sara Clemens • August 12th, 2020 Social distancing can be lonely. Animal Crossing makes it a little less so.
Here's the Thing Three Quick Ones By Rob Rich • July 14th, 2020 Rob dives into how two series took a step forward in their decades-spanning gameplay formula this year, albeit to varying success.
Bloodlines The Long, Slow Process of Animal Crossing By David Shimomura • June 22nd, 2020 Plodding on and on.
Another Look Resource Extraction By Yussef Cole • May 4th, 2020 Why not have a game that recognizes that in order to have that perfect garden world, that communal utopia, you must endlessly fight and sacrifice for it?
Animal Crossing and Queer Agency By Jeremy Signor • April 2nd, 2020 Animal Crossing gives queer folks the kind of agency they may not have in the real world.