A comprehensive history of low-poly art, Pt. 2
Our exploration of the new modern continues.
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A comprehensive history of low-poly art, Pt. 1
How the Low-Poly aesthetic extends the timeless ideals of modern art.
Virtual reality’s mad scientists are trying to make our bodies disappear
When will we get rid of the controller and exist in virtual spaces?
Child’s Play
Why can’t videogames find a meaningful place for children?
"Work is essential. The Rifle is Near": Metroidvania and the Call of Pervasive Work
How a couple of classics outline the hard work of play.
It’s time to reconsider Alpha Protocol
Diving back into Obisidan’s ethical black hole.
The secret behind Angry Birds’ and Clash of Clans’ success
Is there something in the water in Helsinki?
Forget videogames: All-in-One devices may be the future of boardgames
Things get interesting at the intersection of tablet and tabletop.
The bootleg retro console culture of Brazil
Growing up with the Phantom System instead of the NES.
Twitch gears up to conquer the final frontier: mobile
The live-streaming juggernaut wants your phone to be more than a second screen.
Charting the edges of avant-garde videogames
In 2014 the hot-button theoretical debate has moved on from “can games be art?” to “what is a game?”
Public play yanks videogames into the real world
The troubles and joys of getting people outdoors.
Exploring the seedy underbelly of Velvet Sundown
The heir to DayZ is set aboard a chintzy yacht.
The real-life security systems that inspired Watch Dogs’ Chicago of the future
Was Ubisoft’s megahit science fiction?
Daniel Benmergui on the troubles of telling all the world’s stories
The troubles and trials of telling every story ever.
How does Wayward Manor fit into Neil Gaiman’s oeuvre? It doesn’t.
The wayward design of Wayward Manor.
Play Along: The Essay and the Game
What videogames can learn from nonfiction, and vice versa.
The insidious influence of blockbuster cinema on videogames
Going big, going home.
Titanic explorer David Gallo sets his sights on videogames
Talking World of Tanks and ocean mysteries with titanicguy2010.
The Destiny beta’s unacknowledged debt to the Space Race
Unearthing the space age rhetoric and iconography of Destiny.
Five prose poems after Sid Meier’s Civilization
“The architects slept in his throne room, exhausted from their labours, sprawled on the tiger pelt and the undressed stone of his chair.”
I had a panic attack while playing The Walking Dead. Is this a good thing?
What games can help us overcome.
Of doom metal, women, and videogames
The walls came tumbling down.