Past Presence Videogames Are Mainstream. What Will Make Them Feel Like It? By Dr. Emily Price • July 30th, 2025 About half the people in the world play videogames of some kind, but coverage of them outside specialized outlets is almost nowhere.
Feature Excerpt I’m Afraid It’s Been… 10 Years: A Phantom Pain Retrospective By Ryan Wagahoff • June 24th, 2025 It’s difficult to believe from a starfucker like Hideo Kojima, but he really wants his players to be center stage.
Feature Excerpt Hideo Kojima Hates You By Emma Kostopolus • January 23rd, 2023 A study in difficulty scaling.
Collision Detection Game Guides vs. The SEO Grind: Who Wins and Loses? By Ben Sailer • September 7th, 2022 Physical strategy guides are on their way out. But is the SEO sinkhole that has replaced them better? Spoiler alert: no.
Female Stereotypes Perfect for Hideo Kojima’s Games By Khee Hoon Chan • January 31st, 2017 Khee Hoon Chan suggests some “deep” character backstories that can help to “justify” Kojima’s next oversexualized female character.
Here's the Thing Getting Over Metal Gear Survive By Rob Rich • October 11th, 2016 People need to stop pretending that they wouldn’t be lapping it up if it was the self-proclaimed “auteur’s” idea in the first place.
My Quiet Shame By Rob Rich • December 3rd, 2015 “Hideo Kojima was right – I do feel ashamed after learning why Metal Gear Solid 5’s mysterious sniper wears so little. But for a completely different reason.”
