Dave Shuff's Big Steel Battalion Box Wins Editor's Choice

The homemade mech cockpit for Capcom's 2002 Xbox game returned to Maker Faire Bay Area on Mare Island in September.

Fish Make O-Faces, and Other Lessons From the Redding District

Sagan Yee's hookup sim asks what if mermaids lived like Pacific salmon: go home, spawn with everyone you grew up with, then die alongside the whole town.

Matt Romein Plays a Horror Text Adventure Live Onstage in MILKMAN ZERO

The solo show premieres at Mitu580 in Brooklyn, Dec. 3 to 13, then returns for Under the Radar in January.

Joeveno Releases a Quake-Engine Favela Shooter With a Coconut-Firing Payphone

BRAZILIAN DRUG DEALER BEFORE 4 is out now on Steam.

Jess Uhre Rahbek Follows One Space Pirate Ship Build in This Is Why You Love LEGO

The MIT Press book, out Oct. 13, draws on three years embedded with the LEGO House design team.

obleak games' Creature-Feeding Game In Full Bloom Arrives November 4

A free demo of the Tamagotchi-inspired Katamari-like is on Steam now.

Bored Kid Releases a Free Demo of ArMystic, a Mixed-Media RPG Maker Game

The work-in-progress build is on itch.io for Windows and Mac ahead of Steam Next Fest, Oct. 19 to 26.

You+Pea Redraw Doom and Disco Elysium as Building Plans in Videogame Architecture

The book measures 12 game worlds in plans, sections and exploded diagrams, with a foreword by John Romero.

When asses.masses plays Ghent, the donkeys speak Flemish

Patrick Blenkarn and Milton Lim’s seven-hour game for a theater audience reaches VIERNULVIER, in a translation the room ends up reading aloud.

Isabelle Frances McGuire and Will Lee Debut Recurseware With a Salem Witch Game

Joy's Hands, a 20-minute game, is playable only at Bel Ami in Los Angeles through Nov. 28.

Takakurakazuki Puts a Game Inside a Buddhist Altar for Anima Ludens in Arles

The free Octobre Numérique show, with The Exit 8 and work by contact Gonzo and Kenji Yanobe, runs through Nov. 8.

Cory Arcangel Rebuilds His Stavanger Web-Surfing Shop for Family Office

His first Norwegian solo show opens Nov. 14 at Stavanger Art Museum and runs through March 29, 2027.