-- The Teens Trapped Between a Gang and the Law - Jonathan Blitzer, The New Yorker, Jan. 1, 2018 ( Read more... )

- Why Ever Stop Playing Video Games - Frank Guan, Vulture, Feb. 22, 2017 ( Read more... )

-- The Kiss That Changed Video Games - Simon Parkin, The New Yorker, Jun. 18, 2014 ( Read more... )

-- The Most Dangerous Gamer - Taylor Clark, The Atlantic, May 2012

"When Braid debuted, in August 2008, no one had ever seen a video game quite like it. Its aesthetics alone would have been enough to win Blow awards. Whereas most games begin with thundering music and splashy cinematics, Braid opens with a dark, painterly canvas of a city at night ( Read more... )

The collection plate makes its way around, across each row, snaking its way to the back, down the bridge, then reverses its course to land back in the hands of the Treasurer and every Saturday since I've been back, somebody has folded up a dollar bill into the tiniest origami I ever saw, and frustrated, dt-ridden fingers fumble to take the thing ( Read more... )

For reasons I can only begin to articulate, I've been returned to the bosom of Tom Bissell's writing, really his writing on video games.

I've recently restarted the original Gears of War, having already beaten the second and third installments with my younger brother as witness. And as I prepare to head home this weekend, anticipation thrills ( Read more... )