How do I get better at first-person shooters?
"Are there any good games, new or old, that encourage learning this mysterious combination of moving, pointing, and shooting that I seem to lack?"
How do I get better at first-person shooters?
"Are there any good games, new or old, that encourage learning this mysterious combination of moving, pointing, and shooting that I seem to lack?"
Trapped in a loop: How Unemployment Simulator 2018 brilliantly represents depression
This lo-fi surrealist game, which was released last month, depicts a very specific horror story
Romeo is a Dead Man says don’t debate fascists, kill them
"Don't waste too much time talking with this guy. You're gonna screw up the tempo."
What the war in Iran means for people who make and play games
Qatar supplies 30% of the world’s helium, used to make GPUs, processors, and more. Prices are soaring in a high-pressure global economic landscape
Latest
17 indie developers who are making games about messy, sometimes toxic, queer romance
A series of profiles of participants in the Toxic Yuri Visual Novel Jam and other similar game jams
How do you learn to use camera controls in video games?
It does take some intentional learning time to get used to using one joystick to move and the other to look around
Consume Me got me to stop save-scumming and delete perfectionism
If I could, I would restart every day to do it better
Kara Stone is creating low-carbon games
A future where games can be played without burning fossil fuels
Playing pretend
When disinformation and propaganda are everywhere, it feels all the more important to remind myself what fiction can be
Games are art. Are museums ready?
Artist Danielle Brathwaite-Shirley uses video games in art galleries to pursue ambitions worthy of such important venues
Horror
Playing old Nancy Drew games as a gothic heroine
Its gameplay even replicates the form many gothic novels take: the epistolary.
Resident Evil: Requiem has left its aging heroines behind
Female characters over age 40 have been relegated to the sidelines
You know what, Resident Evil: Requiem? Fatness isn't scary
Body shape shouldn't be a punchline either, by the way
Cozy
Finally, a nesting game that gets the lighting right
It's your job to make that isometric house an isometric home
What happens when all the Pokémon fans are dead?
Chris Plante on how Pokopia lets you rebuild your childhood, if only for a moment
10 years in, Stardew Valley's binary approach to gender still gets a failing grade
We can marry whoever we like in Pelican Town, so why no they/them pronouns?
Why do cozy games keep asking us to work, and why does it feel so good?
Developers of games like A Short Hike and Tiny Bookshop weigh in on why even labor feels nice in their games.
Indie
17 indie developers who are making games about messy, sometimes toxic, queer romance
A series of profiles of participants in the Toxic Yuri Visual Novel Jam and other similar game jams
Consume Me got me to stop save-scumming and delete perfectionism
If I could, I would restart every day to do it better
Kara Stone is creating low-carbon games
A future where games can be played without burning fossil fuels
In Esoteric Ebb, men talk to men about manhood, and that's a good thing
It does not shy away from the things many of us are always thinking about when we interact with others, like, “Who are you voting for?” and “What does being a man mean to you?”
Mods
The mod that makes The Sims 4 sexy
Wicked Whims is nearly a decade old, and it's created a community around the way it opens up The Sims 4 for self expression — and kink.
Meet the modders making video game characters look "better" — whatever that means
How do modders figure out what's beautiful, what's sexy, and what their own fans might want?
Dear Mother
How do you learn to use camera controls in video games?
It does take some intentional learning time to get used to using one joystick to move and the other to look around
How do I stop getting motion sickness from video games?
"I turn out to get really motion sick, and sometimes get visual migraines, especially from first person games."
How do you write about games?
"I always end up just saying some variation of 'It's very interesting and fun!'"
