Worth Reading: Nintendo’s World of Play
This week, Patrick’s talking with Keza MacDonald, currently the games editor at The Guardian and the author of a new book about Nintendo.
Streams & Podcasts
Resident Evil 9 Spoilercast
anet has only recently gotten into the series, while Patrick has been there from day one. Both of them have finished Resident Evil 9: Requiem, however, and they have many thoughts.
The Cryo Archives Are Awaiting Chia in Marathon
Time to enter the Marathon grind in pursuit of greatness—and death.
Articles
It's Tool Time
As the weather changes, you begin to look at the world around you—the grass, the cement, everything—and wonder whether a trip to Ace Hardware is in order.
Cairn Pits Players Against Their Greatest Enemy: Themselves
Towards the end of your journey, The Game Bakers push on every player's desire to beat the final boss. But what if you...just didn't?
Who Cares About the Lore?
The creation and imperfect preservation of The Elder Scrolls' intentional incoherence.
Little Black Boxes
Apple TV + Steam Deck + Switch + Switch 2 + PlayStation 5 + Xbox Series X = oh no. What have I done?
Voyager - Across the Unknown Explores Darker, Colder Space
Clips shows and cold equations.
Enclosing the Virtual Pitch
The consolidation of soccer video games, and the capture of a pastime.
Travel Nightmares
Patrick and Rob share stressful stories—one from the present, one from the past—of trying to make it back into the U.S.
Two Best Friends and a Naive Dream: Make a Cinematic Platformer
A fateful meeting at school and an evocative drawing would eventually lead two longtime friends to try something audacious. The result would be Planet of Lana.
Cairn's Beautiful Search for a Mountaineer's Purpose
A conversation with The Game Bakers about life's unanswerable questions, making the sublime Cairn, and crafting a video game with supplément d’âme.
Finding the Chicago Bears of F1
In which Patrick wonders whether it's time to get into high-speed racing, so he comes to Rob seeking advice in the only way he knows how.
Love Eternal Is Fine If You Never Experience Its Terrifying Story
In a time where games are aiming for the widest possible audience, Love Eternal designer Toby Alden explains why they're making games another way.
Edmund McMillen Is Still Nervous About Releasing a Video Game
McMillen has had about as critically and commercially successful a career as one could hope for. Yet insecurities come back with each release.
Winter Hubris
Rob and Patrick share stories of hunkering down, almost giving yourself frostbite, and believing you're capable of driving in a snowstorm—and being very wrong.
The Future of These Game Developers Rests on a Visa Application
A small indie group from New York, a mixture of creatives from China and the United States, need the U.S. government to believe they should stay here.
Bad Vibes
While it can often feel like times have never been darker, bravery in Minneapolis shows a way forward.