posted on 03/18/2013 in Originals
Here With Me
I’ve never really been one to play multiplayer games. I enjoy some split-screen co-op with friends sitting in the same…
Brendan Keogh
posted on 03/15/2013 in Originals
Artful Nonsense
The internet and I grew up together, and so I sometimes take for granted just how awe-inspiring it really is….
Aaron Matteson
posted on 03/14/2013 in Originals
The Cost Of Gaming
After spending an untold number of hours traipsing through the jungles of Far Cry 3 and another 30 hours guiding…
Ryan Winslett
posted on 03/13/2013 in Originals
Hold It Close
When I was a kid, I made a crucial miscalculation. I turned up my nose at the hugely popular Nintendo…
Richard Clark
posted on 03/12/2013 in Originals
Play This: Notes from a Creative Writing Conference
Here it is: March 2014. Seattle. I’m seeing it, its downtown filled with emerging and veteran scribes of fiction, creative…
Rich Shivener
posted on 03/12/2013 in Originals
Oh, The Mundanity
There are a few small things you have to get out of the way before you can get to the…
Gavin Craig
posted on 03/11/2013 in Originals
Vocalizations: A Rather Harmless Exercise In Mind Control
Jost Van Dyke. Twenty-three nautical miles northwest. Accelerating through the crests in his faithful yacht the Saint Sebastien, Boris had…
Jason Johnson
posted on 03/07/2013 in Originals
Trading Fear for Bullets
Isaac Clarke moves further into the snow storm, leaning forward into the wind with an arm raised against the icy…
Ryan Winslett
posted on 03/05/2013 in Originals
Sympathy For Doris Burke
I hate Doris Burke. That’s not fair. I don’t hate Real Doris Burke. I haven’t watched much basketball on television…
Rowan Kaiser
posted on 03/03/2013 in Originals
You’re Not Supposed To Be Here
Dark Souls doesn’t care about me. It’s indifferent to everything I do. It’s Carpa Demon just flick me off the…
Brendan Keogh
Originals
Learn To FlyI was 6 when I tried learning to fly. It was Christmas Eve, and I had just received a copy…
Originals
Throw GameOne thing you quickly find out at the Game Developers Conference is that it’s not just for industry folk, but…
Originals
It’s Dangerous to Go AloneHunkered down behind a boulder just outside of Split Rock Mine, explosions going off all around me as bullets tear…
Originals
Discordant TonesLove and war. Violence and empowerment. More and more these seem like vestiges of our medium’s adolescence. We work to…
Commentary
Tightrope WastelandAt this point, the post-apocalypse narrative has been well explored by various media, so much so that it’s safe to…