Casting Deep Meteo The Mental Umami of Risk and Reward By Levi Rubeck • September 14th, 2021 Though Below has killed me almost as often as Caves of Qud, each defeat similarly instructs enough to encourage another descent.
Little Nightmares II and the Case of Weak Imagery By Amanda Hudgins • February 15th, 2021 Not every game has to say something with its imagery, but it’s clear that Little Nightmares II wants desperately to be saying something.
Gliding by the Light of The Red Lantern By Levi Rubeck • March 26th, 2020 This upcoming rogue-lite adventure novel has been two years in development, a bit before the annual Alaska race crashed through puppy Twitter, but happy to ride some of those waves nonetheless.
Pox Free at PAX East 2020, Part 1 By Levi Rubeck • March 12th, 2020 Three mini essays for the price of one!
The Beautiful Lies of 198X By Jeremy Signor • January 29th, 2020 Video games let us escape our lives and give us fake victories that have no bearing on reality. But there’s power in the lie.
Baba Is You Rules By Jeremy Signor • April 3rd, 2019 By letting you manipulate the implicit rules of its world, Baba Is You reveals how underlying assumed rules shape how you play games.
Artificial Interpersonal Relationships By Levi Rubeck • January 24th, 2019 CrossCode tingles with succulent friction and the loops carry me along on a raft that feels like home, even if I’m unsure where I’m going.
