Why Outerloop Studios founder Chandana Ekanayake still has hope for the games industry
The college expulsion, family trauma, and unbridled love behind the Dosa Divas and Thirsty Suitors studio
Why Outerloop Studios founder Chandana Ekanayake still has hope for the games industry
The college expulsion, family trauma, and unbridled love behind the Dosa Divas and Thirsty Suitors studio
Lucia from Grand Theft Auto 6 is not going to steal your boyfriend
On video game romance, jealousy, and trust
Control Resonant and inheriting male violence
Dylan never wanted strength, nor asked for any of this
Car Park Capital made me act out big auto’s nastiest tactics
The satirical simulation of urban sprawl is tapping into a deeply repressed instinct to engage in rent-seeking behavior
Latest
The horror of Phantasmagoria was 30 years ahead of its time
Roberta Williams' 1995 horror game is a creepy miracle
Can you make me a personalized video game recommendations list?
An answer to an endearingly long-winded reader question
Dressmaker is all about childlike joy
The game understands how to encourage creativity: teach a lesson well, but give me freedom to flounder.
Mina the Hollower's extensive modification system is part accessibility, part shenanigan
“Big sprite mode,” lead artist Sandy Gordon said, “was just for shits and giggles.”
How do I get through my gaming backlog?
"I suspect this will be a common affliction among your readership, but my gaming backlog is quite extensive..."
The House in Fata Morgana and what comes after
How a game that evokes history, rather than merely reproducing it, gets closer to a human truth
Dear Mother
Can you make me a personalized video game recommendations list?
An answer to an endearingly long-winded reader question
How do I get through my gaming backlog?
"I suspect this will be a common affliction among your readership, but my gaming backlog is quite extensive..."
Should I push through playing a critically acclaimed game when I'm not having fun?
"Somehow, Outer Wilds manages to fall on the wrong line of all of my game preferences"
Indie
Don’t rock the boat says trans girls are worth killing for
A must-play horror tale of transness and tentacles
Moonlight Peaks strikes just the right balance between cutesy and deep
It's unapologetically dramatic, it’s cute as hell (literally), and it has *magic*
Big Walk lights the way for non-toxic masculinity in games
Interrogating "men don't talk to each other" through a game about communication
Tiny Bookshop made me want to change my career
What happened to that girl who saw herself as an aspiring author? As it turns out, she's still a part of me
Q&A
In conversation with Alexis Sara, Nebula Award-winning writer of Thirsty Sword Lesbians
Sara opens up about “minority soup,” queer motherhood, and her work on the upcoming expansion
In conversation with Dungeon Bitches creator Emily Allen
"What if you could respond to that guy catcalling you by shooting him? And what kind of person would you be if that were how you were living?"
In conversation with Leftist Gamer Memes
What LGM hopes to accomplish with her meme page, from developing a game to funding mutual aid
Irene Koh's Angel Arcade is about the fighting game community, emphasis on community
Koh's new webcomic is inspired by the local Guilty Gear community they founded
Cozy
Our favorite cozy games (for now)
All the games I'm playing right now that center empathy, kindness, friendship, and satisfying gameplay.
Worrying about your Nintendogs is totally normal according to psychology
Plus, we talk to the TikTok creator adopting abandoned Nintendogs cartridges
Tomodachi Life is my new favorite fanfic idea generator
I gave Aerith a botany book and now she holds gatherings to rant about how you can’t have gardening without “God.”
Horror
The horror of Phantasmagoria was 30 years ahead of its time
Roberta Williams' 1995 horror game is a creepy miracle
Don’t rock the boat says trans girls are worth killing for
A must-play horror tale of transness and tentacles
In Resident Evil 7: Biohazard, women are the enemy
The game pretty much speedruns all the horror tropes for women — damsel in distress, fridging, and the hag
Metroid
“Disobedience will not be tolerated”: On linearity, subservience and feminine agency in Metroid Dread
“You have followed my instructions faithfully thus far. Continue to do so.”
'Any objections, Lady?': On linearity, subservience and feminine agency in Metroid Fusion and Metroid: Other M
“Understood, Adam. No objections, of course.”
How vaginal imagery in Metroid Prime 4 redefines Samus — and why it matters for shooters
Yonic architecture is a constant, from the moment the player is given control of Samus until the very end.
