Opinion The Unbearable Humanity of Inanimate Objects Tetris Effect: Connected, Unpacking, and finding personhood without people
Feature How the Haunting and Mysterious Angel’s Egg Influenced Video Games This masterpiece’s environmental storytelling has cast a long shadow
Feature Moguri Mod is the Definitive Way to Play Final Fantasy IX This free, fan-created project is overflowing with love and detail
Opinion Mega Man Battle Network’s Optimistic Futurism The Net of 20XX made me hope for an impossible world
Opinion How Lore Can Make or Break a Game Examining how different games have handled lore as a storytelling tool
Feature A Drop Of Blood, A Pinch Of Salt: Triangle Strategy, And Endless War Triangle Strategy's grand story echoes the truth of real wars
Review Citizen Sleeper: A Tale Of Melancholy Transhumanism A revelatory adventure that should not be missed
Review Sephonie Review: No Man Is an Island Sephonie asks the daring question: What if we worked together to achieve harmony?
Review NORCO, or The Spectacular Disintegration of America NORCO paints the picture of a decaying near-future American South that is both beautiful and horrifying
Opinion Final Fantasy VI is the Most Important Final Fantasy Why this 1994 classic remains a fixture of the series
Opinion How Playing Picross Has Forced Me To Re-Examine My Manuscript The addictive nonogram puzzler is a bountiful insight for writing a novel
Opinion Revisiting Crimson Shroud, a Forgotten Cousin of Ivalice Part visual novel, part tabletop RPG, all Yasumi Matsuno
Feature Yoshi's Island, the Perfect Platformer The best entry in the Super Mario franchise doesn’t focus on the plumber
Opinion Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors: An Equation of the Unknown Self How this escape room visual novel remains unparalleled in character and story
Opinion Golden Sun is the Best RPG You’ve Never Played This handheld masterpiece deserves to stand tall beside its role-playing brethren
Opinion The Architecture of the End Living in Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne’s beautiful hellscape
Opinion My Unstoppable Love for Sonic the Hedgehog Despite a bumpy road, the Blue Blur is as fast as ever
Opinion Revisiting The Last Guardian Does this flawed, beautiful masterpiece hold up five years later?