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The Brutal Legend game box art reworked as a vinyl record sleeve rests on a wooden counter. Two hands point at a sticker on its face which reads "PRESS START."

Nostalgia²

By Phoenix Simms • April 11th, 2025

There’s a curious folding of time and space, or at least our personal perception of time and space when it comes to ludic memory.

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The overworld map for World 1 of Super Mario World, featuring many paths for Mario to travel.

A 16-Bit Memorial Garden

By Phoenix Simms • April 3rd, 2024

If All the World and Love were Young is not only a stunning elegy for Stephen Sexton’s mother, but an ekphrastic piece about the nature of play and memory.

The error code for Wii U that reads Error Code 102-2892: This online service is no longer available. Thank you for your interest.

DISASTER PARADISE: at the Centre of the Miiverse

By Gwil Jones • October 8th, 2021

Like so much of the Wii U, Miiverse’s emerald-green message boards have been taped off for years, a generic error message flatly reminding us of its indefinite closure and the start-up stampede replaced with lifeless replica dolls.

The Platforming Genre That Might Have Been

By Jeremy Signor • September 19th, 2019

We all know how the Metroidvania became the standard for so much of the platforming genre. But what it there was another possibility?

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