November 2018: Words
It feels like we’ve gotten here too quickly. 2018 is on the way out, and it’s we’re not far away from the new year. In addition to holidays just around the corner, this month is National Novel Writing Month for the writers…
September 2018: What Shouldn’t Work
Videogames are a relatively young medium, taken in comparison to most of their nearest peers. Even still, they’ve been around long enough to have a formula, and most games are variations on their formulas than do things to innovate and drastic changes…
August 19
This week, games and their critics ponders at length about inclusivity, technology, change, and play. In particular, games and their communities are examined on inclusion and the considerations of silence. Games are also thought of as lenses for varying perspectives. And finally,…
May 2018: Haste
Whoa, this month got started very quickly, didn’t it? Jeez, what a mess. I was in such a rush to finish last month’s festivities, the beginning of this month came storming up zipped right by me. In all this hurry, I’ve had…
April Roundup: The Long Journey
The month has passed, and even if we haven’t yet climbed the mountain, cast the ring into the fires, or defeated the evil wizard, we’re spent some time dwelling on the process and the scope of this adventure we’re on. So, without…
April 2018: The Long Journey
We’ve knocked out three of the twelve months in our gentle meander down the year 2018, and it’s a pathway that can neither be rushed nor slowed. All we can do is look forward to the next nine months and continue our…
January Roundup: Novelty
New years’ month is always a little unsettling in how quickly it seems to go. The cold weather is overstaying its welcome, but the days seem to slip away without much regard for productivity. Surprisingly brief, then, is the second theme to…
January 2018: ‘Novelty’
Another year done and dusted—it’s time to take the old calendar off the wall, and hang up the new one. Newness being one of the things we value in our daily life. We’re often so married to our patterns and routines that…
November Roundup: Collapse
Now is the time when it’s all coming to a head. Here at the nexus of finishing semesters and quarters in scholastics, several seasonal holidays, coming to a collapse seems inevitable. It’s a rough time, but the immediate future promises new rest….
November 2017: ‘Collapse’
There is something about the tight nexus of holidays around this time of year that always feels a bit exhausting. Last month, we pondered the nature of Hospitality, a theme that’s also relevant with the festivities on the horizon. Though getting family…