Sandbox games in a locked-down worldZoom out far enough and the glittering map inspires a feeling like looking up at the night sky: There’s a lot of stuff out there, and, as you have a finite lifespan, you will never see all of it. You will never even see most of it. Sep 14 21September 14, 2021Article at The Believer
Tom Bissell and a new way of thinking about video games"There has been a stigma about writing about this topic for people like me, who are, say, literary writers. I don't think it's really been a viable thing to admit about yourself publicly that you spend huge amounts of time shooting necromorphs." Jun 02 10June 02, 2010Article at Portland Mercury
Déjà New: Classic games are making a comebackGame publishers are digging through their back catalogs, finding classic titles they can reimagine into new games that'll inspire warm and fuzzy feelings. Jan 01 08January 01, 2008PDF at EGM
Crash Course: How Gizmondo became gaming's biggest oddityA saga of the Swedish mob, phony Homeland Security credentials, and a mysterious German man named "Dietrich." Jul 01 06July 01, 2006PDF at EGM