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Exit Flatland

How isometric projection gave videogames a third dimension, centuries after painters found it first.

The Last Ninja (System 3, 1987)

In 1884, Edwin Abbott published Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions.

It was told from the perspective of A Square, who lives in a 2D world. His life is transformed by the entrance of A Sphere, who opens his eyes to the existence of a third dimension.

Brass, Flesh and a Genius Grant [Podcast]

Danny Snelson and I follow Murlo's solo game, a cartridge milled for a grandmother and a MacArthur that names a game, to ask who gets to be the genius.

A figure lies in a luminous simulated swamp cave of moss, roots and pale water

MoMA’s lobby becomes a living swamp for five months

Jakob Kudsk Steensen’s Berl-Berl returns as Wetland, a real-time simulation that trades the total view for an insect’s, Oct. 12 to March 7.

A commuter in a hard hat and safety vest confronts the player on a subway car in Moves of the Diamond Hand

Outland Game Night goes public with Cosmo D on Oct. 13

Brian Droitcour's playthrough-lecture series at Onassis ONX opens its doors for the first time, with Lawra Suits Clark playing games in progress.

A hand-drawn black-and-white scene from TOEM 2, with the round-headed photographer character amid detailed doodled scenery

The camera is still the only verb in TOEM 2

Something We Made's black-and-white sequel arrives Sept. 29 on Switch, PS5, and Steam.

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Brass, Flesh and a Genius Grant [Podcast]

MoMA’s lobby becomes a living swamp for five months

Outland Game Night goes public with Cosmo D on Oct. 13

The camera is still the only verb in TOEM 2