Failbetter Games' browser-based story game Fallen London has been very well-loved, especially by those who like slightly twee, Victorian alt-England steampunk stuff (I don't, but it is more than okay… Read the rest of the article: Try getting lost in the underworld with Sunless Sea

There are many ways to address the insularity and perceived inaccessibility of game creation. We continually insist that games are a massive global phenomenon, but many best practices are only… Read the rest of the article: New ideas to address games' language barriers

Maybe you remember your childhood Atari or that rec room NES, but today's kids are growing up with mobile games, and sixth-grader Madeline Messer has noticed something weird.

If you're a black fan of video games, your choices for representation in video games tend to be limited to "wacky sidekick", "cool gangster" or "evil gangster." Or "athlete in… Read the rest of the article: Conversations on blackness in games

This mysterious marine adventure is for those with the sea in their hearts and an iOS device in their hands.

Paradox Interactive creates elaborate strategy games that are unusually popular with women. Susana Meza-Graham and Sara Wendel-Örtqvist explain why.

If you think text games are mostly just a relic of the pre-graphics age, think again: We're in a renaissance.

David Lynch's mysterious TV classic has inspired a wealth of indie games

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At the crossroads of pampered and powerful, what little girl doesn't love a good dungeon crawl?

More perfect for being unfinished, The Last Guardian is a a yearning soul-whisper for its sentimental fans, the lost game of a microgeneration.

Video games can vividly render the memories you can't get back. Memories such as how it felt when you were in high school, and your best friend's parents got divorced,… Read the rest of the article: Here's a wistful, intriguing game you need to play this week

Toronto-based nonprofit Dames Making Games runs events and programs for women, non-binary, queer, trans and gender non-conforming creators who want to get into game design. "We believe game-making can be… Read the rest of the article: Help these young dames get to the Game Developers Conference

If you had a Mac in the late 80s or early 90s, you might remember the excellent roguelike maze adventure Scarab of Ra. It still holds up very well today,… Read the rest of the article: This 1987 roguelike game is still great

Collector's Weekly presents Slut Shaming, Eugenics and Donald Duck: The Scandalous History of Sex-Ed Movies, exploring the strange, often awkward and puritanical history of education about birth control and disease… Read the rest of the article: Donald Duck promoting birth control? Sex ed history

Sistah Sinema aims to offer a wide selection of films by and about queer women of color. It's via a partnership with Indieflix which hopes to add about five titles… Read the rest of the article: Find more queer women of color on Netflix

The toughest part of the Winter season isn't the cold, the blues, or December's annual cramming of a full month's work plus last-minute whatevers into three actual work weeks (are… Read the rest of the article: Dark mornings: tool to help you calculate gloomy commutes

Friends, I have endeavored to develop a carapace to protect me against Inspiring Dog Videos of any kind on the internet. You can tell me I won't believe what happens… Read the rest of the article: Derby the dog runs with the help of 3D printing

If you have ever read anything I've written about video games, you will have heard me insert notations about the democratization of tools. The business of making games used to… Read the rest of the article: Want to try making a video game? Visit the Sorting Hat

Animal NY is one of my personal favorite sites for Stuff To Do With Net Art, and Rhett Jones has a formidable "The Best Art of 2014" list up just… Read the rest of the article: This is the best Best Art list