![[Talk 4/17] Building Worlds While the Actual World Burns](https://storage.ghost.io/c/25/84/2584b75d-4bd6-4cce-8259-f1d1c65abbb5/content/images/size/w800/format/webp/2026/04/Kara-Stone-Joshua-Dawson-Header.png)
15 years of the best of game-based arts and culture
Games, play, and culture with Jamin Warren
Become a subscriber
Oh my god! TRAMAPOLINE! TRABOPOLINE! bridge over Paris river
What’s funner than any videogame, and almost as fun as a zipline? That’s right: a TRAMPOLINE. Some French geniuses have built a trampoline bridge over the Seine, and the children of France (and children at heart of France) are currently rejoicing, in midair, and HEY CHECK IT OUT I’M DOING A BACKFLIP
Mike Singleton dies at 61, games world loses a pioneer
Mike Singleton’s obituary in Rock, Paper, Shotgun: [He] will perhaps be best remembered for a series of remarkably ambitious ZX Spectrum titles including The Lords of Midnight, Doomdark’s Revenge, and War In Middle-Earth. Personally I was enormously influenced by his Midwinter games for 16-bit home
Anti-smoking game turns cigarette marketing back on big tobacco
TheTruth, the anti-smoking campaign, created a full fledged mobile game to counter the devious advertising of tobacco companies. Flavor Monsters aims to shed light on the machinations of big Tobacco (flavored cigarettes? Seriously?) Check out the gameplay:
Jason Rohrer thinks Passage 2 could make a lot of money
Jason Johnson briefly interviewed legendary indie developer Jason Rohrer over at Paste. They covered the Diamond Trust of London debacle, how Rohrer lives off of $14,000 a year, and how he considered making a devilish version of Passage 2 to profit off of. Passage 2 would make a lot of money. That’s
Dr. Troll. Dr Internet Troll
Look, this is a PSA for gamers who are trolls, and we know you’re out there. Internet trolls are rude, but do they have cultural value? Whitney Phillips, who wrote her dissertation on trolls, argues that the Internet bullies are telling of aspects of Internet culture. Trolls are cultural scavengers
Searching for the videogame that keeps on giving
A game that is “good” doesn’t mean it won’t eventually make you want to bash your head into a wall. Adam Harshberger (founder of Pixels or Death) chronicles his failed attempts to find a satiating videogame. I’m level 14 on Guild Wars 2 and I think it’s a great game. But I can see every inch of t
Touchscreen sport requires nimble fingers
Two-player games usually give each player their own controller space. But sometimes you want to fight over control, like in Michael Brough’s iPad game O, which looks like air hockey with many colored pucks. Balls appear on the screen in three colours. You score points by collecting a sequence of bal
Subscribe to new posts
Processing your application
Please check your inbox and click the link to confirm your subscription
There was an error sending the email