Over the last decade, long-form video essays have grown in popularity — arguably entering into a boom all their own. Viewers can easily look up a video essay on just about any topic they’d like to, ...

I spend a lot of time playing games in which the primary way of interacting with the world is shooting. When a new Call of Duty appears, I buy it on launch day, and I play the multiplayer until I ...

Deconstructeam announced this morning that their next game Essays On Empathy will be released on May 18th. This is one of those unique titles that comes around and you just kinda have to check it out ...

Essays on Empathy is a collection of short games and narrative experiences by Deconstructeam. The collection features nine previously released games as well as a new game titled “De Tres al Cuerto.” ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. G Kirilloff is an English professor who covers video games. Scholars, journalists, and creators are turning towards games as a ...

There is a moment early on in Dean Fee’s introduction when he describes video games as offering “easy comfort and a seductively easy place to dwell too long”. It announces the ambitions of CTRL, a ...

Imagine you’re a young samurai in Japan in 1701. You have to make a difficult choice between an impoverished life in exile, or the prospect of almost certain death while trying to avenge the death of ...

All the Latest Game Footage and Images from Pareidolia (or, Why I Saw Pac-Man Everywhere In 2020) Pareidolia (or, Why I Saw Pac-Man Everywhere In 2020) is my game-essay entry for the Critical Distance ...