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Tag: System Shock

Here Be Monsters
SHODAN from System Shock gazes ominously at the viewer, electric green and purple beams of light shooting outward from her face.

The Banality of AI Hell, or: We Were Worried About the Wrong Thing

By Emma Kostopolus • May 6th, 2025

I know you’re watching me type this, Copilot.

Here's the Thing
Key art from the System Shock franchise shows a humanoid face made of glowing circuitry.

The Neon Horror of System Shock

By Rob Rich • August 16th, 2024

Rob loves the System Shock franchise, despite having limited exposure to it, but the recent remake has turned it into an obsession.

Casting Deep Meteo
Art from Dordogne shows a girl in a wide-brimmed pink hat traversing a sunny forest with a small black cat. The cat looks frightened but the girl is calm.

Beats and Feets at PAX East 2023

By Levi Rubeck • May 10th, 2023

PAX East 2023, mostly the same as it ever was. (A place with cool games!)

Here's the Thing

Missing Mission Europa

By Rob Rich • August 13th, 2020

Rob’s favorite mobile game is something barely anyone has heard of and, due to Apple’s failure to support older software, it basically doesn’t exist anymore.

Who Am I, Really?

By Owen R. Smith • April 29th, 2013

Through Metal Gear Solid 2, Owen R. Smith discovers the meaning of true player agency.

Nullum Tempus

By Theodore Reiker • March 29th, 2013

Sine Mora creator Theodore Reiker explores the consequences of squandering life’s most precious resource.

Mother’s Legacy: Engendering AI in Videogames

By Cara Ellison • March 30th, 2012

Mother, why are you trying to kill us? Cara Ellison examines the foundations of fear for the female AI.

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