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Close-up on a microscopic COVID-19 spike protein with its distinctive crown of spikes.

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
Key art for 1000xRESIST featuring a young woman's pensive face seen in profile through the face shield of a space helmet.

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
Clip art of a red chaise and matching armchair.

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.

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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.

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