The Righteous, Musical Violence of Ape Out

February 19, 2020 · by Stephen Mansfield · in Features

Stephen Mansfield improvises a free jazz solo.

How Oxygen Not Included Taught Me Environmentalism

February 9, 2020 · by Branden Lizardi · in Features

Branden Lizardi stewards a rocky little world.

Fire Emblem’s Twelve-Year Revolutionary Project

January 22, 2020 · by Aaron Lascano · in Features

Aaron Lascano is ready to tear down some walls.

There’s Something About You: Playersexuality And Halfway Representation

October 16, 2019 · by James McCoull · in Features

James McCoull is a little bi-furious.

Work from Home

September 23, 2019 · by David Leblanc · in Features

David Leblanc is feeling fitter, happier, more productive.

Tranquility in the Wasteland: The Sobering Impact of Mad Max’s Photo Mode

August 28, 2019 · by James Frierson · in Features

James Frierson is looking to trade gasoline for camera film.

Zelda Would Make A Good Archaeologist

July 31, 2019 · by Don Everhart · in Features

Don Everhart imagines a more grounded princess.

Not a Hero, Just a Postman

July 21, 2019 · by Euan Brook · in Features

Euan Brook explores Fallout’s mutating fantasies of power.

The Pokémon Center as a Non-Place

May 29, 2019 · by Florence Smith Nicholls · in Features

Florence Smith Nicholls carries around a pocket utopia.

Snake… You Stink!

April 3, 2019 · by Jared Bruett · in Features

Jared Bruett on how Metal Gear Solid V does showering right.

Rain World and Indiepocalypse

March 27, 2019 · by Ron So · in Features

Ron So on hostile ecosystems.

The Parable of Joel: Practicing Empathy in The Last of Us

February 13, 2019 · by Brook Johnson · in Features

Brook Johnson asks us to reconsider a misunderstood character.

I Have No Time and I Must Play

January 30, 2019 · by Brady Simenson · in Features

Brady Simenson still hears the call of those childish things.

A World Apart

December 26, 2018 · by Felix Behr · in Features

Felix Behr is a dwarf, and the fortress, and the world.

God of War, Unforgiven

December 5, 2018 · by Andrei Filote · in Features

Andrei Filote grew up in a world on fire.