‘Night in the Woods’ offers a bittersweet message on life and death

Things regularly seem to fall apart. Or rather, our expectations frequently don’t seem...

‘Roguelight’ taught me starting over is the best practice for moving forward

I have found myself at the beginning, again. An interesting thing, these...

Crawlspace Studio’s ‘IMG_20180226_233555’ is a pixelated game full of wonder

What wakes you up at 3 in the morning? What do you notice first? The quiet dark, the warm...

Missing arcade days of old, I found ‘Cuphead’

I remember hi-scores.

I remember the smell of pizza. Not like baking dough, tangy...

In times of struggle, even behind the anonymity of a screen name, you are not alone

My earliest memories are filled with a sense of companionship. I remember a cold, glossy tile...

How Ursula K. Le Guin showed me a new way to see video games and the world

Ursula K. Le Guin died this week. Perhaps you have heard of her or maybe some of her writings...

Beautiful gaming nerds save the world sitting on a couch

The couch is a romantic piece of furniture.

Coming home, it’s the first thing I...

2017 was exhausting. Also, I want to be a dog

Every year I get a little romantic come the turning of the new year and can be found sitting...