Try (and fail) to impersonate a feline and win all the cat dollars in Cat Show
Combat the feline take over by impersonating one in Cat Show
Japan
An upcoming videogame takes a heartfelt look at depression in Tokyo
We expect our surgeons to have steady hands. Some of the time, our lives depend on it. But what happens when that steadiness deserts a surgeon? Like a golfer with the yips, one crisis leads to the next, spreading outwards to affect the surgeon’s professional life and his emotional state. Suddenly, t
The cultural origins of the Mushroom Kingdom
Mario’s mythological background is a tribute to Miyamoto’s creativity.
Piece your life together by piecing together broken pottery
I have but one question to ask about puzzles: if at some point a creator had a complete picture, why on earth would they smash it into pieces just so we would have to do more work before enjoying it? Kintsukuroi, an Android “experiment” by Chelsea Saunders, attempts to answer this question. It takes
Videogames’ troubled relationship with Japanese history
The Meiji era is easier for games to ignore or obfuscate than address.