Consume Me got me to stop save-scumming and delete perfectionism
If I could, I would restart every day to do it better
Consume Me got me to stop save-scumming and delete perfectionism
If I could, I would restart every day to do it better
Kara Stone is creating low-carbon games
A future where games can be played without burning fossil fuels
Playing pretend
When disinformation and propaganda are everywhere, it feels all the more important to remind myself what fiction can be
Games are art. Are museums ready?
Artist Danielle Brathwaite-Shirley uses video games in art galleries to pursue ambitions worthy of such important venues
Latest
Finally, a nesting game that gets the lighting right
It's your job to make that isometric house an isometric home
I am begging Warhammer 40K grifters to stop focusing on female Space Marines
Here's why this online argument just won't die
My 10-year journey to save Life Is Strange's Chloe Price, and how doing so saved me, too
On dysphoria, coming out, and making hard choices
Playing old Nancy Drew games as a gothic heroine
Its gameplay even replicates the form many gothic novels take: the epistolary.
How do you write about games?
"I always end up just saying some variation of 'It's very interesting and fun!'"
Horror
Playing old Nancy Drew games as a gothic heroine
Its gameplay even replicates the form many gothic novels take: the epistolary.
Resident Evil: Requiem has left its aging heroines behind
Female characters over age 40 have been relegated to the sidelines
You know what, Resident Evil: Requiem? Fatness isn't scary
Body shape shouldn't be a punchline either, by the way
Cozy
Finally, a nesting game that gets the lighting right
It's your job to make that isometric house an isometric home
What happens when all the Pokémon fans are dead?
Chris Plante on how Pokopia lets you rebuild your childhood, if only for a moment
10 years in, Stardew Valley's binary approach to gender still gets a failing grade
We can marry whoever we like in Pelican Town, so why no they/them pronouns?
Why do cozy games keep asking us to work, and why does it feel so good?
Developers of games like A Short Hike and Tiny Bookshop weigh in on why even labor feels nice in their games.
Indie
In Esoteric Ebb, men talk to men about manhood, and that's a good thing
It does not shy away from the things many of us are always thinking about when we interact with others, like, “Who are you voting for?” and “What does being a man mean to you?”
10 years in, Stardew Valley's binary approach to gender still gets a failing grade
We can marry whoever we like in Pelican Town, so why no they/them pronouns?
Perfect Tides: Station to Station is you, me, and Meredith Gran at 18
How can a narrative point-and-click make my heart beat so fast?
The Séance of Blake Manor's lead designer on why she made the game's clock so important
“I am a woman in her 40s who has the brain of a turnip.”
Mods
The mod that makes The Sims 4 sexy
Wicked Whims is nearly a decade old, and it's created a community around the way it opens up The Sims 4 for self expression — and kink.
Meet the modders making video game characters look "better" — whatever that means
How do modders figure out what's beautiful, what's sexy, and what their own fans might want?
Dear Mother
How do you write about games?
"I always end up just saying some variation of 'It's very interesting and fun!'"
Dear Mother, what should I play while the baby sleeps?
It's never too early to start training a baby gamer, right?
Dear Mother, what do you do when the fascists get you down?
"When you’re acting in good faith, it’s hard to understand that other people simply aren’t giving you that good faith back."
