anthropology

Can AI-Powered Games Actually Teach Anthropology?

Anthropologist Michael Hoffman uses AI to transform ethnographic fieldwork into playable text adventures, bridging the gap between academic research and accessible learning.

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digital preservation

What Happens When You Preserve Your Games While You're Still Making Them?

Simon Flesser of Simogo preserves 15 years of iOS games not as you remember them, but exactly as they were—a radical act of fidelity over nostalgia.

Vèvè-Punk

No Shots Will Be Fired In Dom Rabrun’s Haitian Revolution

Artist Dom Rabrun rejects combat for "tactical linguistics" in Vèvè-Punk: Mind Singer, a game exploring the Haitian Revolution through dialogue and Black artistry.

digital archaeology

Why should we treat videogames as archaeological sites?

Archaeologist Florence Smith Nicholls discusses "archaeogaming," mapping the digital traces of Elden Ring, and the hopeful act of "anticipatory archaeology."

real-time performance

Go to Diskokina to See the Future of Live Performance

I’m exploring Diskokina, the new vanguard of live performance that blends commedia dell'arte and the club. Artists are using game engines to redefine what theater can be.

war

What Happens When You Can Do Nothing in a War Zone?

Alan Kwan's new game, Scent, offers you a role not as a soldier, but as a lone dog wandering a desolate war zone. You are simply a witness without power.

digital identity

Carrie Chen's Digital Avatars Bridge Past and Future

Carrie Chen uses AI, motion capture, and game engines to create digital self-portraits that span generations, interrogating identity across time and space.

game aesthetics

Why P.T. Anderson Gets Away With "Retro" But Games Don't

Why do filmmakers using vintage VistaVision get praised for aesthetic choice while pixel-art games get labeled "retro"? The difference reveals everything.

documentary

"La vraie vie" Asks What It Means To Be Real In A Fake Place

French filmmakers follow actor Victor Assié through a role-play server in Arma 3, creating a documentary that blurs the line between virtual and real life.

World-Building

Keiken's Morphogenic Angels Imagines Post-Human Bodies 1,000 Years From Now

Keiken—Isabel Ramos, Hana Omori, and Tanya Cruz—merge performance, film, and game design to build optimistic post-human worlds 1,000 years in the future.

live coding

Indira Ardolic's Live-Coding Performances Turn Game Engines Into Instruments

Indira Ardolic uses game engines to create audio-reactive environments for live-coding performances, where bugs and glitches become part of the show.