Since I spoke with inkle’s cofounder Jon Ingold in July, the studio announced and completed their first game jam for…
Charmin’ Sandiego
Revisiting 1985’s Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? is a way to travel through time. The Carmen Sandiego empire…
Inkjam Part 1: Hotpot, Potions, and Spooky Elders
Since I spoke with inkle’s cofounder Jon Ingold in July, the studio announced and completed their first game jam for…
Crystal Revision: Under The Sea
Crystal Revision follows one inept player’s (second) quest to finish a challenge run of Final Fantasy V for the annual…
It’s Finally Happening: Animal Crossing Switch and Other Nintendo Direct Revelations
In a ramjammed Nintendo Direct full of not just announcements but huge announcements, the highlight is the long-awaited new Animal…
Novel Ties: The Civilized Furniture of Sunless Sea
Novel Ties is a series exploring text-heavy games. My friend Penny tweeted about the new Spider-Man game and gave me a…
Sunless Sea is a Totally Normal Game Full of Normal Things
When you play Sunless Sea – like Chase did in this week’s Never Have I Ever – everything is fine.…
Crystal Revision: Back and Blue
Crystal Revision follows one inept player’s (second) quest to finish a challenge run of Final Fantasy V for the annual…
Novel Ties: Michael Lutz’s Uncle Doesn’t Work at Nintendo
Novel Ties is a short series exploring text-heavy games. Michael Lutz’s games, if we should even call them games, dig…
Particular Worldbuilding in Allegra Goodman’s The Chalk Artist
Allegra Goodman is a bestselling, award-nominated novelist whose 2017 novel The Chalk Artist is set in and around a fictional…