Here Be Monsters Hear Me Out: On the Pitfalls of Resident Evil 4 By Emma Kostopolus • December 4th, 2025 Try as I might, I simply cannot overcome my animosity towards this game, this most lauded and vaunted of the Evils which Reside.
Here Be Monsters Loading the Gun: Simulation and Realism in Horror Mechanics By Emma Kostopolus • February 8th, 2024 Horror in game mechanics arises from the difference in how we interact with things that are realistic versus things that absolutely are not.
Feature Excerpt Solace and Play Within Games By Alyssa Hatmaker • January 23rd, 2024 Sometimes being reminded that you’re playing a videogame is a welcome feeling.
Forms in Light Best Architecture in Games By Justin Reeve • January 10th, 2024 A short, concise and mostly unordered list of the best level design and environmental art of the year.
Here's the Thing Making Peace with Resident Evil 4 By Rob Rich • February 27th, 2017 OK, maybe, just maybe, Resident Evil 4 wasn’t as bad as I thought it was back in 2005.
The Burnt Offering Neverending Horror By Stu Horvath • October 20th, 2014 Stu Horvath wonders why videogames aren’t so great at horror. Then he plays Neverending Nightmares.
To the Games I Will Never Finish: A Love Letter By Cara Ellison • November 19th, 2012 Cara Ellison tries to unravel the painful, tangled thread connecting her romantic relationships and videogames.
