What Video Games Teach Us About Power (And Why We Keep Choosing How to Use It)
Power is usually the subject fiction handles with the least subtlety. Novels give it to kings and villains. Films hand … Read more
Why 2026 Became the Year the Live-Service Bubble Finally Popped
Somewhere around the fiftieth game shutdown announcement of 2026, something shifted in how the industry talks about live-service games. It … Read more
What Journey Taught Me About Connection (Not Needing to Keep It)
What if the people who matter most to you don’t have to stay in your life to have actually mattered? … Read more
What Video Games Teach Us About Empathy (And Why We Keep Mistaking It for Sympathy)
Sympathy lets you feel sorry for someone from a safe distance. Empathy asks something harder: that you understand a position … Read more
What Video Games Teach Us About Consequence (And Why We Keep Pretending We Didn’t Know)
Most fiction lets you watch a decision happen. You read about a character’s betrayal, or you watch a film’s protagonist … Read more
What Video Games Teach Us About Choice (And Why We Keep Believing We Have It)
Every video game makes you a promise before you’ve pressed a single button: your choices matter here. It’s printed on … Read more