🎮 Game Studies

Video game analysis, Interactive media, Digital play, Game criticism

The Art of Soft Play
tribunemag.co.uk·3w
⚡Glitch Art
Archaeological Fiction and a Scientist’s Dilemma
sapiens.org·2w
🏺Web Archaeology
Tiny Bookshop: why gamers are choosing to spend their free time simulating work – according to philosophy
theconversation.com·3w
🏘️Offline Communities
Rendering an ASCII game in real-time with AI (100ms latency)
blog.jeffschomay.com·2w·
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⚡Glitch Art
Propaganda we are falling for: From Matcha to Microtrends
yuzukyodai.substack.com·2w·
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🦠Viral Culture
What Is Complexity in Chess?
lichess.org·1w·
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🌱Digital Gardens
Nintendo's Switch 2 game development situation is strange, studios say
polygon.com·2w·
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⚡Glitch Art
Your Next Therapist Could be a Video Game or a Wearable and It Might Actually Work
zmescience.com·5d
🌿Regenerative Media
In media reports of suicide, left-leaning venues are more likely to report societal factors, and right-leaning venues are more likely to highlight factors that ...
ojs.aaai.org·3w
🌿Regenerative Media
Playing social video games tends to make adolescent boys feel less lonely and depressed, while for girls, it has the opposite effect
sciencedirect.com·3w
🦠Viral Culture
Joel's Top 25 Games Of All Time
brainbaking.com·2w
🏛️Internet Archives
The Unforgotten: Two QBs and the game that tied them together forever
espn.com·3w·
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🌿Regenerative Media
Counter-Strike: A billion-dollar game built in a dorm room
nytimes.com·3w·
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📢Tactical Media
Creating 3D Worlds with HTML and CSS
keithclark.co.uk·3w·
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⚡Glitch Art
Speculative Fiction: Beyond a Novel’s Entertainment Value
daily.jstor.org·4d
🌃Cyberpunk Literature
Study: Hashtags and humour are used to spread extreme content on social media
news.ku.dk·1w·
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🦠Viral Culture
YouTube’s Sneaky AI ‘Experiment’
theatlantic.com·3w·
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🕸️Digital Folklore
My favorite developer productivity research method that nobody uses
surfingcomplexity.blog·2w·
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🌱Regenerative Journalism
Welcoming A Reluctant 43-Year-Old Man To Civil War (And Other) Strategy Video Games
aftermath.site·3d
📜Longform Recipes
Is Hollow Knight: Silksong too hard? Well, it depends on what you mean by “hard.”
arstechnica.com·2d
🕸️Digital Folklore