The belly of the whale: an early preview of Old City: Leviathan
Mankind swallowed up by its own arrogance.
Dear Esther
Astro beauty puzzler Nova-111 gets a financial kick
The inscrutably named Funktronic Labs has something brewing.
The Lady is a troubling exploration of depression
But its troubles are many.
New PBS Game/Show asks if Dark Souls is the best hope for videogame narratives
A quick googling of Dark Souls’ story will open a rabbit hole into the churning gut of lore. From the true identity of Sen, who we know of only through a lone kanji character on the side of a deathtrap, to the exodus of the otherworldly mushroom people, everything is laid bare. This exegesis result
Hard empirical evidence that games are better than music
Well, kinda. A new study by researchers at the University of Barcelona shows that some people are incapable of having emotional responses to music. But those very same people who don’t get all misty-eyed when they hear “Desperado” still found games stimulating. For the study, researchers gathered 30