IT DOESN’T MATTER WHEN YOU KILL ALL THE CIVILIANS By Edward Smith • February 23rd, 2021 I firmly believe that the player is the least interesting character in every videogame.
The McMaster Files Ghosts in the Machine By Jason McMaster • February 4th, 2020 What happens to our digital life when we die?
Fallout 3, The Outer Worlds, and the Megaton Problem By Jeremy Signor • November 22nd, 2019 Binary choices in games persist today even as RPGs get more and more open. But it doesn’t have to be that way.
This Mortal Coyle Top Ten Characters I Hate By Deirdre Coyle • September 24th, 2018 September 2018 is the first anniversary of This Mortal Coyle and, to celebrate, Deirdre Coyle lists ten characters that make her blood boil.
Revving The Engine: Perception By Stu Horvath • October 31st, 2016 Stu Horvath talks with Irrational Games vet Bill Gardner about his new project, Perception, a first person game that follows a blind woman into a horrific mystery.
BioShock Reskinned, Not Remastered By David Shimomura • September 19th, 2016 What do you call a remaster that doesn’t remaster the original? A reskinning.
Trust Falls With Unreliable Narrators By Riley MacLeod • December 17th, 2015 Being a good guest in games is hard when your guide tries to kill you.
Four Dollars an Hour By Thos. West • September 14th, 2015 “…what he is afraid of is literally being made into a mechanical thing. The player notes that he has, in learning how to play the game, mechanized himself.”
We Stared Into Infinity and Saw Only Madness By Dennis Scimeca • April 18th, 2013 For Dennis Scimeca, Bioshock Infinite is exactly the game it is supposed to be.
A Good Start By Gus Mastrapa • January 25th, 2013 We often want games to hit the ground running, but Gus Mastrapa makes a case for the ones that dare to make us stop to smell the roses.
On the Verge of Rapture By Rob Haines • January 22nd, 2013 Rob Haines is repeatedly awed by BioShock‘s Rapture, but he finds each time that it’s the game itself that stops him from becoming fully immersed.
To the Games I Will Never Finish: A Love Letter By Cara Ellison • November 19th, 2012 Cara Ellison tries to unravel the painful, tangled thread connecting her romantic relationships and videogames.
Rookie of the Year: I Am a Deadbeat Gamer By Matt Marrone • October 1st, 2012 The Rookie of the Year has been playing a lot of videogames. And not finishing them.
To All the Games I’ve Loved Before By Richard Clark • September 6th, 2012 Richard Clark writes a love letter to some old digital flames.
Rookie of the Year: Use Your Allusion By Matt Marrone • August 1st, 2011 The Ayn Rand-inspired BioShock has Matt Marrone flashing back to his days as a lit major; he suggests other classic literature be turned into videogames.
Coming Clean By Stu Horvath • August 13th, 2010 I confess! I, Stu Horvath, never really liked BioShock.
