![[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
Creator of Super Hexagon locked in brutal struggle to keep high score at his own game
Wired with the tale of a creator and the pupil who may just best him: Cavanagh congratulated Killingsworth over Twitter when he posted proof of his new high score. Even if he’s not the best at everything, Cavanagh still delights in having created a brutally difficult game. Only 19 of its roughly 50,
The 3DS demo for Professor Layton that plays in your browser
Nintendo wants you to get Professor Layton and the Miracle Mask for 3DS. They’ve even put two puzzles on their website for you to try out.
The six habits of healthy game developers
This post is part of a content series presented in partnership with smartwater. smartwater, simplicity is delicious. This past April, a New York Times Magazine cover story called “Just One More Game…” assessed the growing influence of digital games on our time, our money, and our state of mind. As
Should 7-year-olds play Uncharted?
Videogames can make excellent babysitters, since they keep children occupied and entertained for long stretches of time. Of course, not every videogame is appropriate for chidren. Samuel Sattin at The Weeklings writes about trying to let a visiting 7-year-old play Uncharted 2. The child’s mother pro
"We all know that you need good computer simulations to keep you in a constant state of anxiety."
President Bill Clinton goes all ludological on us.
Sequel to beloved point and click adventure Beneath a Steel Sky definitely happening
Beneath a Steel Sky was a beloved and barely-played 1994 cyberpunk adventure game with an opening sequence drawn by Dave Gibbons of Watchmen fame. The team at Revolution Software had planned on making Beneath a Steel Sky 2 if it rasied a million dollars on Kickstarter, but co-founder Tony Warriner t
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