Past Presence Object Lessons #1: Field By Emily Price • August 31st, 2023 Are fields a stage for action to take place on, or are they the action themselves?
Area of Effect All’s Well in the Kingdom By Jay Castello • July 11th, 2023 The wells in Hyrule are incredible. I want someone to talk to me about all the wells in Hyrule, as well.
Past Presence Virtual Citizen By Emily Price • May 25th, 2023 A legend, per the OED, is “a story from ancient times about people and events that may or may not be true.” If the residents of Wild World are anything in my memory, they are that: ancient stories.
Final Fantasy, Zelda, and Gradients of Apocalypse By Jonathan Fenn • May 15th, 2023 The act of actually representing the transition between these peace, conflict, disaster, and rebirth in game is a massive challenge.
Rookie of the Year Breath of the Elevator By Matt Marrone • April 7th, 2023 My son went right back down the elevator again. Then he went up again. Then down. Then up. Then, at last, he opened the map, traveled to another shrine, and went down that elevator.
Rookie of the Year ChatBOTW By Matt Marrone • March 9th, 2023 With a deadline fast approaching and no good idea about how to ridicule himself this month, Matt asks ChatGPT to take a crack at his column.
Collision Detection Learning to Love Roguelikes with Deathloop By Ben Sailer • March 7th, 2023 Ben plays Deathloop and finally gets roguelikes, showing that sometimes all it takes for a genre to click is a change of context and perspective.
Assigned, (De)limited Desire Flying Shop of Horrors By Trevor Richardson • October 26th, 2022 Fanaticism, embodiment, and economics have been stitched together to loom dreadful over all.
Forms in Light Formal and Vernacular Architecture By Justin Reeve • December 14th, 2020 The game world in Breath of the Wild is filled with interesting architecture
Feature Excerpt Picking Fruit in Hyrule: Playing Breath of the Wild Like It’s Animal Crossing By Alyssa Wejebe • February 21st, 2020 If you’re sick of emptying your pockets to Tom Nook and microtransactions, another Nintendo mainstay may be exactly what you’re looking for.
