"Where is all the good writing about games?"
How do people involved in interactive media interact with each other? What kind of social structures are we designing when we design games? This is a topic of interest to sociologists, community managers, and anyone with a stake in multiplayer gaming.
Welcome back, readers. Remember that bundle on Itch we mentioned last week, with the proceeds going towards aid for Palestine via UNRWA? You’ve probably read this elsewhere already, but that bundle is live, bringing together over a thousand different games, works, and…
Welcome back, readers. First off, here’s a thread detailing local orgs you can donate to in India, which is dealing with an unprecedented surge in Covid cases. Check it out if you can. I will limit my own editorializing leading into this…
Welcome back, readers. You may have noticed I tend to repeat plugs for the same causes in our intros for several weeks after they cease to become topical. Yes, yes I do. Anyways, here’s an extensive and detailed resource if you would…
Welcome back, readers. So here’s a very cool thing that’s happening: a collected volume and archive of Black creators working in, on, and around games, with a call for submissions. Check it out! This Week in Videogame Blogging is a roundup highlighting…
Welcome back, and welcome to a new year, readers. We missed you last week, but we’re making up for lost time with a double-sized issue for your reading pleasure. A couple things to begin. First, Black Lives don’t cease to Matter when…
Welcome back, readers. In lieu of my usual, broad reminders that systemic violence and injustice remain a stark reality for Black and Brown folks regardless of who the incoming and outgoing establishment politicans may be at any given point, this week I’m…
Welcome back readers. First, the most important stuff: Check out the ways in which you can support protests against anti-Black and Brown police violence in the US and abroad. Thread collating ways you can support Mi’kmaw fisheries. Legal Fund for organizers fighting…
Welcome back readers. I know there’s plenty of distracting news right now about buffoonish fascists who can’t seem to follow quarantine protocols during a pandemic, but it’s not the real news. I also know this opening section used to be a breezy…
Welcome back, readers. It’s been an eventful week in the news. Something I haven’t seen a lot of coverage on lately is the ongoing protests against state-sanctioned violence against Black and Brown people. Check out this resource to find out how you…
Welcome back, readers. It’s been a week, huh. Anyways, in the face of enough constant societal and political upheavals to give anybody whiplash and then motion sickness, I’m once again this week going to plug BlackGameDevs, a website and resource that collects…