Groundhog day. Advisory: The game featured in this story is likely to be rated M for Mature. You’re trapped on an island. Everyone is out to kill you. There’s no…
A good conversation might be in the cards. The vast majority of card games use their mechanics to simulate combat. Your hand serves as your 2-dimensional army, or a suite…
The spice must always flow. Hollywood’s fascination with the Dune series goes back nearly as far as the original book’s release. Its complex and sandy world has pulled in readers…
Going for the gold. Golden Ages are universally used to describe a period of time where something is at its best. In film, the era marking the transition from the…
Deep dives don’t always generate an audience. Hylke Langhout is the former curator of Good Games Writing, our parent, and includes himself in the discussion below. Games criticism needs to…
A worthwhile journey. Hiking can be a challenge in the pandemic. While getting outside is a lower risk activity, it can be challenging to find uncrowded trails where you can…
Big game hunting. Dramatic upheavals in the behavior of the Elder Dragons–fierce creatures perhaps best described as forces of nature–have resulted in you being sent to investigate what’s happening in…
An analysis of propaganda and kids media in Final Fantasy 7 and Japanese history Without competitors or a need for political neutrality, the weapons company synonymous with Midgar’s government in…
Breaking the fourth wall. Why would kids actively enjoy steeping themselves in the worlds of happy-go-lucky characters whose lives are disrupted and ripped apart instead of being creeped out and…
Demographic shifts. I’m used to having my Twitter feed flooded with gaming content, but nothing quite compared to the weeks leading up to the release of Animal Crossing: New Horizons.…
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