Review
Battlefield 4 brings the world, yes, more Battlefield
Real players, real gameplay, real boring.
Author: Mathias Crawford
Mathias Crawford is a Canadian living in San Francisco, where he goes to school and designs games. In his spare time he enjoys watching cricket and dreaming up overly elaborate theories about the mundane.
Essay
Why Rainbows Matter
This past summer New York’s High Line park was overtaken by rainbows. The artists behind the installation Rainbow City talk to us about colored smoke, the toys they handmade as children, and the deeply spiritual uses of play.
Essay
Safe Shapes
In our latest playground column, we talk to landscape architect David Rockwell about his Imagination Playground in southern Manhattan, “loose parts” for children, and the importance of a park bench.
Article
The Dream Pipe
Berlin-based landscape architecture firm ANNABAU recently opened an experimental playground in the town center of Wiesbaden. We talk to cofounder Moritz Schloten about German playgrounds, pipes, loops, and the concept of “endless play.”
Article
The Gateway Drug
We talk to Harmonix creative director Josh Randall about its new sampling app VidRhythm, the roots of “video music,” and why automatic music fosters creativity.
Review
Review: Cards Against Humanity
Hyper-offensive Apples to Apples descendant gets a wary thumbs-up from Mathias Crawford.
Article
Everything Is the Game
Mathias Crawford in conversation with Katamari Damacy creator Keita Takahashi on designing playgrounds, and why the physical world is enough.