Feature Clones: The Past and Future of Unofficial Consoles The rise of retro gaming has transformed the once-shadowy clone console market into a legitimate global business
Review Spiritfarer: An Intimate Perspective on Death Indie games have the power to delve into challenging topics
Game Design The Illusion of Choice Lessons from the Writing Excuses intensive course on writing for games
Opinion How Playing Picross Has Forced Me To Re-Examine My Manuscript The addictive nonogram puzzler is a bountiful insight for writing a novel
Opinion Yakuza 0 Has Two Brilliant Fight Songs Although reserved to side content, these fight songs give you more than just an adrenaline rush
Feature The Decade That Changed Video Games Forever We delve into the 1990s — one of the most significant decades in gaming history
Feature The Bold and the Braveus: A Look Back at Final Fantasy’s Teenage Years The famous franchise had its share of growing pains
Feature Through the Invisible Wall: Video Games in China From a banished pastime to a cultural behemoth, this is how interactive media have shaped — and been shaped by— the PRC
Opinion When Mass Effect Neutered the Reapers, and We Didn’t Care Why world-building and narrative supersede inconsistency in the message
