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Heaven’s Vault: A Linguist’s Buried Treasure
I climb the stairs, my faithful robot Six warning me not to…
The Rise of One of the First Video Game Workers Unions
Online gaming culture had a track record of toxic culture, particularly the…
The Swashbuckling Escapism of Sid Meier’s Pirates!
Sid Meier has one of the most recognizable names in the video…
How One Rabbi Uses Roleplaying Games to Build Community
At his Bat Mitzvah in his Reconstructionist Jewish synagogue, Rabbi Menachem Cohen…
The Legend of Zelda, ‘Dinky,’ and a Bridge to My Daughter
When winter made its second pandemic appearance here in Montana, I found…
Why Do Exploding Barrels Make Video Games So Much More Fun?
Too often game worlds can feel like static backdrops for gameplay. But…
What Hades Can Teach Us About Ancient Greek Masculinity
We can’t imagine that most, if any, men looked like kuoroi—Zag himself…
The Bygone Glory of Blockbuster’s ‘Pokémon Snap’ Station
Courtesy of RealBreakingNate If you didn’t own Pokémon Snap, you could play…
Wikipedia Is Basically a Massive RPG
The first-ever edit to Wikipedia took place on January 15, 2001. Today,…