Scale Bubbles

The mainstream narrative of esports has been lovingly crafted by those who benefit from its success. There’s big…

The life of an NPC is tough. Perpetually stuck with one or two interesting things to say. Trapped in houses or…

In truth, 2016 was not “The Year of VR.” It was the year of the start of VR. Multiple major tech companies released…

“Everyone has done something and disappointed someone–or hurt someone–whether it’s a small thing or a big thing,”…

Cities: Skylines is a game coming in hot. The People want a good city-building game to play, and it's been a long…

I've been writing for Kotaku, off and on, since 2007. I've been reading it longer than that. One of the accounts I…

Science fiction games are littered with dead and dying stars. Mass Effect has its supernova-blasted Mu Relay, eezo…

Stretched is a physics puzzle for the iOS that explores slingshot physics in ways we've seen before, and a few ways…

The Quantum Thief, released in the UK last year and in the U.S. this month, is a heist story set in a future of…

The other day, I mentioned to my friend of 10 years that I was doing research on massively multiplayer online…