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Personal stories that celebrate gaming culture.

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Post Void is Mullet Mad Jack on Psychedelics and Overstimulation

A twisted trip of a corridor shooter

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Generations: The Great Video Game Age Gap

How the age of gamers is redefining what the term means

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What Video Games Can Teach Us About Suicide

How Cyberpunk 2077 offers a glimpse into the aftermath of suicide

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The State of Gaming in 2024

An exploration of the post-pandemic game market boom (and crash) from the perspective of a long-term gamer

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Metal Gear Acid: The Legacy of Shinta Nojiri’s Card-Based Battler

Exploring what makes the card game based on Metal Gear Solid fascinating

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Nobuo Uematsu’s Final Fantasy VI Soundtrack Set the Stage for Contemporary Music in JRPGs

The stylings of Square's legendary composer opened the door for those who followed

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The Rebuild of Final Fantasy VII: You Can (Not) Defy Fate

The future of Final Fantasy VII is anchored to its past

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Can a Monopoly Movie Win the Game?

Pass go and collect $200 (million) dollars?

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Final Fantasy VII: Rebirth Is Helping Me Write More Fearlessly

Aiming for joy

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Firewatch Burns a New Path to Understanding

Answers appear on an auburn horizon

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Nintendo's DS Delivered the Visual Novel to the West

No other platform did as much to popularize the genre

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Discovering Gravitation in Gravity Rush

Wishing we could feel the Rush again

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When It's Better to Know the Ending

Sometimes it's all about the journey

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A Brief History of the Nuzlocke Challenge

How two simple rules changed the landscape of Pokémon

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The Hidden Depth of In-Game Texts

What collectible texts and audio logs have to say about their world

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The Joy and Pain of Game Mastery

Exploring how to create interesting and challenging content for all players

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Super Metroid at 30

Exploring the world of a classic franchise at its 30th birthday

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The Quiet Genius of Final Fantasy VII Rebirth

Rebirth arrives with a brilliant take on "that" scene

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Where Are All The Black and White Video Games?

Examining the use of monochrome palettes in game design

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2024 is the Year of Omori

Waiting for something to happen? Surprise, it has!

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Remnant II: All the Small Things

Remnant II sweats the small stuff so we can enjoy it

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Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth – A Hero’s Game, a Dragon’s Story

Introspection in retrospect

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Finding My Monopoly

Exploring the author's journey from unsatisfying Monopoly games to hidden gems of economic critique

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Memento Mori

Or, how Persona 3 questions the meaning of life by facing the answer head-on

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How They Wish To Be Left Alone

Jarburg, and how Elden Ring offers tranquility among violence and death