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In-depth, insightful stories on video game developers, franchises, and history.

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Beyond Imagination: Unraveling the Postmodern Mythos of Final Fantasy XIV

Examining the concepts of myth, fiction and fantasy in Final Fantasy XIV

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Introducing New Characters in Street Fighter 6

Fresh faces join the battle

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Werewolf: The Apocalypse Almost Arrived on Consoles in the ’90s

A longed-for IP has a difficult transition to games

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The Unsung Heroes of Game Preservation, Part 2

The arrival of GOG, remasters, and the future of abandonware

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The Unsung Heroes of Game Preservation, Part 1

The history of abandonware and its purveyors

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The Diablo We Might Have Had

We almost got a completely different game

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Five Boomer Shooters and the Classics That Inspired Them

It's a good time to be a fan of this sub-genre

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To Understand Zelda’s Future, Look to its Handheld Past

All the world's a dungeon

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The Last of Us: 10 Years Later

A long, long time

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Twilight of the Emeralds

Unraveling the story of Sonic 06

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Xbox Games Showcase Predictions: The Postmortem

Wrapping up Xbox's big showcase

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Sex in Games: Beyond the Veil of Pornography

Erotic games, often mistaken for mere pornography, possess the potential for nuanced and contemplative portrayals of human relationships

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The Zelda Game You Could Only Play via Satellite in 1995

Streaming a video game two decades before it went mainstream

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Two Good Hours With PC Game Pass, 4th Edition

Feeling the Rush with a Pentiment from Benedict Fox

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What To Expect From EA Sports College Football ’25

The homecoming 11 years in the making

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An Afternoon in a Korean eSports Gaming Arena

Glimpsing the Korean eSports scene in person

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Spotlight Pipes, Dark Patterns, and the Evolution of the Lootbox

Nintendo is the latest target of a loot box-related lawsuit

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A Peek Behind Genshin Impact’s $4B+ in Mobile Sales

A deep dive into how and where the massively profitable mobile game makes its money

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PlayStation Showcase Predictions: The Postmortem

What we got right, and what we didn't see coming

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Making Self-Care Fun

How MIT are leveraging game design principles to combat depression

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How Punk Culture Influenced Gaming

The intersection of punk and digital entertainment

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The Art and Science of Sekiro’s Combat

Miyazaki’s masterpiece demands much of players in service to a powerful singular goal

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Koudelka, The Best (Lost) Survival Horror RPG

A classic RPG with a different intent than its contemporaries

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Playing Tabletop RPGs via Figma

Going where no TTRPG-mad Trekkie had gone before

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The Brief Reign of Troika Games

Celebrating an incredible legacy