Going to Hell: DOOM II and the Descent Into Chaos
DOOM II didn’t iterate on DOOM—it opposed it
Environment
Homesick is a story exploration game about people, nature, and night terrors
Homesick isn’t afraid to court environmentalist politics.
What Cities: Skylines does-and doesn’t-say about our dying world
Colossal Order’s game and the neoliberal ideal.
Remembering the obscure PlayStation game that just wanted you to play
Where most games encourage play with open worlds, Boku no Natsuyasumi promotes it through careful structure.
On Final Fantasy XV and "the real world"
Behemoth, meet bald eagle.