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Personal stories that celebrate gaming culture.

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Paratopic: An Exploration of Sensory Horror

A nightmare straight out of 1998

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Coming Together with Kind Words

A lo-fi window into the prevailing kindness of humans

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The Original Video Game Sandbox

Reflections on a time when play experiences were uninterrupted by ubiquitous, invasive connectivity

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Playing the Games We Love is the Best Way to Save Them

Video game preservation is about more than archiving code

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Holidaying in the Wasteland

Bethesda’s “wide as an ocean, deep as a puddle” experiences are exactly what I need right now

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Bring on the Dreamcast Mini

It’s time to revive SEGA’s groundbreaking home console

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How Super Mario Changed My Life: Part Two

Knocking on Nintendo’s door

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The Catharsis of Failure

How trying again and again in Hades made me feel accomplished

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How Super Mario Changed My Life: Part One

A childhood saviour who brought a family together

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Final Fantasy XIV Changed My Life

A titanic example of how a video game can imbue a sense of genuine belonging in a tumultuous world

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The Mysterious Allure of Stardew Valley

Why is an indie game from 2016 still rocking the top of the charts in 2020?

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SOMA: An Existential Horror Masterpiece

How far will we go to save ourselves from extinction?

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What Would a New NCAA Football Game Look Like?

It’s not happening yet, but what if it did?

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The Controversial Zelda You May Have Missed

While Skyward Sword’s motion controls might be a little odd, you owe it to yourself not to miss this outstanding game

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From Revenge to Blood Feud

Examining why The Last of Us II is an uncomfortable story through a literary lens

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The Last of Us Part II, in Quotes

Famous thinkers like Confucius and Neitzsche put Naughty Dog’s controversial game in perspective

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Point/Counterpoint: The Last of Us Part II

An analysis of the key criticisms

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The Third Place: Bizarre Video Game Commercials

The games industry has often pushed the boundaries of television advertising

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Will We Ever Get Another NCAA Football Game?

A discussion on the complicated history (and future) of the franchise

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Rediscovering Retro Gaming

The pleasure and pitfalls of a gamer’s mid-life crisis

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Physical Vocabulary for Digital Worlds

Why the humble game controller is more powerful than you think

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The Joy of Short Games

Experiences that are fleeting but meaningful

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The Death of the Private Match

You were a star in the story, not just a cog in some calculated machine

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Breaking Games for Charity

Celebrating Games Done Quick and the speedrunning community

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Uniting Around Video Games

Celeste is the hardest game that everyone can play