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Shrugging Off Mental Illness in Rise of the Tomb Raider
Lara Croft should be allowed to have moments of weakness.
Critical Distance
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Shut up, Her Story
Her Story might be a good videogame, but it’s the worst kind of crime fiction.
Article
The politics of beauty
Capitalism, modernism, and the dehumanization of art.
Article
Cuphead, Fleish & Cherry, and the influence and impact of classic animation
Why creators need to be careful when resurrecting the images of classic animation.
Article
Getting mad at videogames
When the competition gets way too salty.
Essay
Bloody Histories, Dangerous Communities: Educators’ Ethical Responsibilities Teaching Games
The moral dilemma of teaching with games.
Essay
The Qun Demands It: The Evolution of the Barbarous Other
The secret racism behind high fantasy’s brutish races.
Essay
The Ludic Rashomon
A game world made up of many stories of different weight.
Essay
A pixel artist renounces pixel art
The “pixel tax” comes to collect.
Article
Let’s go home, Ellie
Miguel Penabella on The Last of Us and The Searchers.
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Shut Up and Take My Money! A Tale of a Poor Gamer
What does it mean to be a consumer of videogames?