What does the future of esports hold?
Distribution, methods of play, and the games themselves are all in flux.
Article
The bittersweet pleasures of patriarchy lite
The post-masculine media, from TV to games.
The future of communication is the .gif
On the convergence of Facebook and Magic: The Gathering.
Drawing in the 21st Century
Thinking about drawing as coding.
Feeling Alone in Everbody’s Gone to the Rapture
Who are you in Everbody’s Gone to the Rapture?
Mario: A Memoir
We relate to each other through culture—until we can’t.
Tearing the Fabric
Some psychedelic implications of Super Mario World.
Mario Maker: The Platformer Platform
Mario Maker feels less like a Kyoto product than a Silicon Valley one
The ruthless capitalism of Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3
How Nintendo slipped a critique of Western values into its mega-hit series
Forget Mario. Let’s talk about Peach.
Mario and Peach’s relationship is #complicated.
The terrifying comedy of Mario glitches
A conversation with the main who distorts and defiles your favorite childhood game.
Does Mario have a penis?
A philosophical enquiry into the existence of Mario’s penis.
The cultural origins of the Mushroom Kingdom
Mario’s mythological background is a tribute to Miyamoto’s creativity.
The 100 Million Deaths of the Martyr We Call Mario
What happens to Mario when he dies?
Wa?
Degrees of duality in Mario, vis a vis Wario.
An ode to Mario Sunshine, the only true Mario world
Mario’s never been anywhere quite like Isle Delfino.
Why we love Mario
On three decades of affection and obsession.
The hell of being Mario
The uniquely hellish ramifications of Mario 64’s start screen.
We are all Mario
Understanding the everyman of videogames.
Death Positivity in Videogames
Changing the mechanics of mortality.
The sound design of an arcade
Chicago’s Bit Bash splits the difference between an art gallery and a music festival.
The NFL is awful. Here’s how Madden could help
The conflict of playing an NFL promotional tool.
PSA: The Hitman movie is another truly awful videogame adaptation
The Hitman movie feels like it was based on the back-cover description of one of the games.
The return of Dishonored
The fiction and function of Arkane’s masterpiece.
Is Deus Ex Human Revolution Truly Transhuman?
Deux Ex envisions a fascinating, half-formed future.