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Bennett Foddy is a true Renaissance man. The GIRP creator speaks with Jonathan Beilin about being a founding member of Cut Copy, a philosopher at Oxford, and designing games that addict.

Can keeping a digital pet ever live up to a master’s relationship with a real one? Do we want to see the day when it can? Jon Irwin wonders why Nintendogs + Cats for 3DS makes him feel so guilty, and why pet sims don’t take the responsibility of pet ownership seriously enough.

What’s on a button? In this new column, Tom Armitage takes a look at the things we press—whether on a city bus, a podium, or a Nintendo controller.

The Video Game Exchange is a link to the past for retro-game lovers, and owner Fred Schofield likes it that way. During field research for NHPR, Jon Lynch digs into Schofield’s shipping containers of games and his refusal to modernize in the face of GameStop.

What does Mensa have to do with gaming? Matthew MIllsap put the question to Mensa members at their annual colloquium.