Interlinked Status Ailment Era By Phoenix Simms • January 14th, 2025 Do status ailments and their treatments in games perpetuate toxic mythology about diseases and disabilities?
Past Presence Most Media Memory-Holed the Pandemic. Not 1000XRESIST By Emily Price • August 2nd, 2024 Playing 1000xRESIST means stepping into the shoes of an observer to millions of people finding out in real time they’ve been exposed to a disease there’s no way to stop.
Here's the Thing I’m Finally Going to Therapy By Rob Rich • September 15th, 2023 Therapy (and mental health in general, really) is still something of a taboo in our society, but now that Rob’s finally started going himself he’s started to realize how ridiculous that is.
Feature Excerpt Dancing in Solitude By Clint Morrison Jr. • June 10th, 2021 Dance has a long history of media representation during and following “plague” years.
Collision Detection Countering COVID-19 Disinformation in Five Minutes or Less with Go Viral! By Ben Sailer • January 8th, 2021 Separating fact from fiction on the Internet and in the media is more difficult than ever. In the middle of a global pandemic, the consequences are potentially lethal. Could a simple browser game be part of the solution?
Collision Detection On Videogames, Accessibility and the Winter From Hell By Ben Sailer • December 10th, 2020 Videogames are more accessible than ever thanks to increased digitization. Facing what will be the harshest winter in a generation, this is a godsend that is easy to miss, but should not be taken for granted.
Self Insert Quarantine Fics By Amanda Hudgins • August 10th, 2020 When the entire world is on lockdown, even alternate universes start hitting closer to home.
The Heavy Pour Journal of a Plague Spring By Sara Clemens • July 15th, 2020 The world’s on fire, might as well write.
Rookie of the Year The Sleepover By Matt Marrone • June 11th, 2020 A 4-year-old’s request makes the insanity of the world fade for a bit.
Rookie of the Year The New York Times Bestseller List, July 25, 2021 By Matt Marrone • May 9th, 2020 If we make it through all this craziness, Matt predicts that next summer’s must-reads will definitely have a running theme.
