Retrospective
What Made People Think 'Heavy Rain' Was a Great Game
Once near the forefront of a revolution in narrative game design, why did 'Heavy Rain' fade so fast into irrelevance?
How a Compromised RPG Prepared Larian Studios to Take On 'Baldur's Gate 3'
Before the celebrated 'Original Sin' and long before 'Baldur's Gate 3,' there was 'Divinity 2.'
Here’s The Stories You Loved The Most From Asia in 2019
Wow, you guys like a lot of really weird stuff.
The Best Stuff We Wrote in Indonesia in 2019
It was an eventful year for Indonesia. We take a look at the good and the bad through the stories we’ve published.
The Best Stuff We Wrote in the Philippines in 2019
From sex-positivity in the Philippines’ alter community, to a first-person account of being detained in one of the country’s corrupt jails.
The Best Stuff We Wrote in India in 2019
A dystopian nightmare of a neighbourhood, the many stories of Kashmiris, the dead bodies surfacing on a melting Everest: here’s some of our best stories of how it all went down.
The Best Stuff We Wrote in Singapore in 2019
Walls were broken and boundaries were pushed in Singapore this year. Here are some of our best stories about how it all went down.
The Best Stuff We Wrote in Australia in 2019
From an embalmed shark in an abandoned wildlife park, to the story of how the Paramatta Road sign ended up in Lebanon: here's all the best stuff we wrote.
The Timeless Horror of 'System Shock 2'
Its technology and techniques are old-fashioned, but Irrational's 20 year-old horror classic still makes you a participant in its storytelling.
Laura Marling's 'Alas I Cannot Swim' Perfectly Expresses How Caring Is Scary
Ten years later, her intimate debut still informs us about the way loneliness can be a curse and a blessing.