A grown-ass man replays Final Fantasy VII
The greatest game ever made, and the problem of memory.
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The semiotics of controller design
Circle, Square, Triangle, and X.
The impossible architecture of Castlevania: Symphony of the Night
Konami came close to making Piranesi’s imaginary prisons real.
Tomb Raider and the riot-grrrl feminism of the ’90s
The conflicted birth and legacy of Lara Croft.
Videogames are creating lighting that moves through the world
Volumetric lighting will only increase in importance.