Git Gud? More Like Get Literate: Dread Delusion and the Art of Gameplay-as-Story
This game is about choice, belief, and the weight of being a person.
Cyberpunk 2077 and the Anesthesia of #Dissent
There are few easy answers to the questions the cyberpunk genre asks.
The Super Mario Bros. Films and Our Bizarre Obsession with Faithfulness to the Source Material
Does faithfulness to the source material always lead to a superior adaptation?
Call to Power: How a Forgotten Civilization Spinoff Game Accurately Predicted the Future
One forgotten title from 1999 that would accurately depict the arc of human civilization throughout the 21st century.
Dungeons, Dragons, and Game Design: Why 4E Rules the D&D Roost
I doubt Dungeons and Dragons will ever be so honest again.
Sworn Brothers: The Connection Between Theater and Gaming
Games have been adapted to film, but are they meant for theater?
Architect Mario: Video Game Cities and Lost American Urbanism
Video games are the only place most Americans encounter good urban design.
Invisible Cities 2: Neopets as a Lived Space
Neopets and French sociology, together at last.
Playing Fate: Choice and Doom in Gothic Gameplay
Why play gothic games where we choose doom, inevitability, and inescapable cycles of despair?