Introducing the (literally) epic new Beowulf boardgame
From the people who brought you Moby Dick, the card game.
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Watch Dogs’ multiplayer critiques our always-connected world
Who hacks the hack dogs?
A beginner’s guide to Kierkegaard, via Dark Souls 2
Absurdity and leaps of faith.
This vase is a mirror
How Grayson Earle’s Ai Weiwei Whoops! reflects today’s art world
The supremely confident songs of Transistor
Supergiant builds an arc.
Valve is about to make Dota fun again
The orthodoxy revolts.
Transistor: Supergiant’s accidental spiritual successor
One of the year’s most anticipated RPGs grew organically.
Two5six: a day of videogames and culture and werewolves and donuts
You should’ve been there.
Don’t underestimate the power of voice
Jennifer Hale and Catherine Burns talk about talking.
Beyond Glass: How wearable technology changes social interaction
The spiky glove as conversation-starter.
The creativity of building a soundscape; or, fighting over songbirds
The subjectivity of sound.
Creating truly emotional videogame experiences with Kevin Bruner and Rana el Kaliouby
How we all ended up crying at the end of season one.
When will Games for Change actually change?
A revolution becomes entrenched.
Full Bore and the quiet joys of digging games
A game about finding gems. Or not.
Road to Two5Six: Tamas Kemenczy
Kentucky Route Zero is amorphous to its core.
An ode to Mario Kart’s almighty blue shell
Nintendo’s greatest equalizer.
How the rules of social games are creeping into the real world
The subtle progress of gamification.
Road to TWO5SIX: Patrick Balthrop
The Bioshock audio designer has risked life and limb to create the games’ sounds.
This War of Mine interrogates the nature of the war game
Going beyond the call of duty.
Behind the scenes of Hyper Light Drifter’s wordless world
Teddy Diefenbach fills us in on the game’s striking aesthetic.
The module still reigns
Kill Screen patches together games and music at Moogfest.
The NYC Games Forum illustrates the rocky road to becoming a game
Those things don’t just appear on your hard drive magically, you know.
Why we ignore gamers behind bars
A $5 zine reminds us we’re all becoming less humane.
Sportsfriends reminds us how local multiplayer can be
It’s in that name.
Wayward Souls will eat you alive
As brutal as Super Hexagon, as cute as Jetpack Joyride.