Turning the 1979 Iranian revolution into a heartfelt videogame
The universality of revolution.
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Mini-documentary on Never Alone shows the power of inclusive game-making
Once in a while, a game comes along that changes what people think the medium is capable of, both inside and outside the community. Never Alone (Kisima Ingitchuna), known as the first Alaska Native videogame, is one of those experiences. More than just a beautiful platformer, Never Alone explores Iñ
Dickens and the Impossible Romances of Video Games
The Witcher 3’s greatness has more to do with Leo Tolstoy than you’d expect.
Ico’s secret language and the scenes you never got to see
Yorda isn’t as much of a pushover as we may have thought.
Fragments of Him multiplies its tragedy to reflect how death affects us all
This is a complete coincidence, but a year ago—to this exact day—I reached into my gut to pull out feelings I’d forced to exist down there for a long time. Today, I’m doing the same, as I wrote about Fragments of Him then, and I’m doing the same now. It’s a first-person drama that explores how a guy
In praise of silence in videogames
From Ocarina of Time to Call of Duty, games can be at their best when they’re quiet.
Be intimidated by this lo-fi computer-programming game, or discover its secrets
Several lines of command-line text fade into the left side of your monitor. The sounds of primitive processor clicking and ancient operating system chimes remind you of the birth of the PC. The opposite of the clean and intuitive UI designs that we’ve all grown accustomed to jumps out at you, in an
Perception vows to enhance your vision using echolocation
The terror of Perception, a first-person horror game currently raising funds on Kickstarter, is that entire world around you appears to be hewn from stone. What chance do you stand in a universe where everything is so unnervingly solid? The manor in which Perception is set is not actually hewn from
This week, on HBO’S Game of Thrones presents TellTale’s the Walking Dead…
We need to talk about the game-ness of last night’s Game of Thrones episode.
Home is Where One Starts… reflects on the power of memory
Relive a day in the life of a young girl who grew up in the rural South.
Sunset is a game of small details and uneasy questions
Is art beholden to aesthetic or culture? You decide.
The secret history of the Legacy of Kain
A return to the twisted world of Soul Reaver.
Elsinore won’t be your typical high school study group’s take on Hamlet
Timeless tragedy.
Sunset preview hints at a story told in small details
More history needs to be told around the margins.
Telltale’s Game of Thrones attempts to play nice with HBO’s version
Something strange happens when we can only explore Westeros as one family.
Beeswing explores what it means to go home again, with mixed results
A game as lovely as it is cloying.
We talk to Tale of Tales about sunsets, revolutions, and reflections
“I’m someone that believes people should think of revolution as a good thing.”
Lisa makes a monster out of you
Fulfilling the primal need for violence and glistening bodies.
If the items in your suitcase could talk, what stories would they tell?
Terry Cavanagh’s latest freeware game explores the narrative of move out day.
What is Master Hand and why does it hate us?
Conspiracy theorists, get out your pencils.
Sweden’s sexism test for games is a great idea
Godspeed, Dataspelsbranchen!
John Darnielle tackles pen-and-paper RPGs and suicide in his debut novel
Wolf in White Van is a meditation on not knowing.
Dream of this week’s playlist pick
Sign up to receive each week’s Playlist e-mail here! Also check out our full, interactive Playlist section. THE SAILOR’S DREAM (iOS) BY SIMOGO Simogo’s previous games Year Walk and Device 6 put richly detailed spins on recognizable frameworks: point-and-click adventure, interactive fiction. But The
Games could learn a thing or two from confessional poetry’s history
How confessional gaming is slowly growing a presence.
Explore a town founded by Peruvian desert witches in Cachiche
Ecstatic truths abound.