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Literal Newsletter / In Defense*** of Nintendo
A handful of publication updates and some thoughts on Nintendo
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Ukraine's Greatest Video Game
A brief history of S.T.A.L.K.E.R., Ukraine's most internationally beloved cultural export
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The Game Where You Scrape Out a Living in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone
FIRST IMPRESSIONS: S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: G.A.M.M.A., version 0.9.4
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On Recreational Suffering
Or: Making Players Miserable for Fun and Profit
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How Can We Design a Skyrim-Killer?
We already have the ingredients for the next billion-dollar RPG. Time to bring them all into one package.
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Morrowind Modding is an Active Rebellion
A brief introduction to one of gaming’s most venerable modding projects
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Gamifying Political Philosophy
Wilhelm Reich, Georges Bataille, and how Psycho Patrol R makes theory fun
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The Spieler
The Spieler
Incautiously probing the artistic horizons of game design.
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