by Melissa Brinks | May 14, 2025 | Mobile Games, News
It’s Wednesday again! I have not been playing mobile games because I got horribly sick, watched a bunch of videos on even further divorcing myself from my phone, and installed a bunch of time-tracking and app-blocking apps on my phone. (Installing apps to block apps is kind of hilarious, now that I write it out.) These apps tend to drain my battery for some reason, so by the end of the day, when I might be tempted to play a mobile game, my phone is simply too close to death to allow it. Is this progress? I do not know. (more…)
by Cress | May 12, 2025 | Reviews, Video Games
Organizing your room can be a therapeutic experience that can also help you realize what’s important to you, especially if you can fill it with tonnes of foliage! Introducing Urban Jungle from Kylyk Games. In Urban Jungle, their debut, the wonderful three-person team at Kylyk Games has made a game where we can sort out beautifully crafted 3D environments and add as many plants as our graphics cards will allow. Follow Ayta, our main character, through life challenges as she returns to her roots, literally. (more…)
by Melissa Brinks | May 5, 2025 | Reviews, Video Games
When the PR email for Wanderstop arrived in my inbox, I didn’t know how to feel. The description included that it was a “narrative-centric cozy game about change and tea,” and some of those words—narrative-centric, change, tea—appealed to me. As did having Davey Wreden’s name attached; I loved The Stanley Parable and have heard wonderful and intriguing things about The Beginner’s Guide, though I haven’t played it yet.
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by Zora Gilbert | Apr 30, 2025 | News, Tabletop Games, Video Games
Welcome back to Get Your Game On Variety Hour! This is, sadly, my last GYGO contribution before I’m whisked away to full-time teacher training and grad school. Be good while I’m gone!
The theme of this month’s gaming news seems to be litigation, so stand by for a roundup of who’s suing who this week and why. (more…)
by Katherine Quevedo | Apr 28, 2025 | Poetry
Have you ever steered your game avatar through a digital environment and stumbled upon a behind-the-scenes section? You know, one where you can see the back of the polygons and glimpse how the pieces start to fit together? As a writer, I liken that to learning from an editor about their process, how they select and assemble multiple pieces, aiming for a seamless reading experience. (more…)
by Zainabb Hull | Apr 23, 2025 | News, Tabletop Games, Video Games
Hi friends, Zainabb here, living an especially cosy game life recently to help me cope with endless flare-ups and deep heartbreak as the genocide of Palestinians only seems to worsen and Sewage Island keeps trying to destroy trans lives. I’ve been playing Minami Lane which soothes me with its pastel streets and community cats to pet, and I just finished Arctic Eggs, which is less aesthetically cosy (you’re frying cigarettes and cockroaches in a dying world, after all) but the weirdness of this game brought me a lot of joy and hope.
You can currently get over 450 TTRPGs for $5 with the TTRPGs for Trans Rights – Ohio Bundle on itch.io, which is raising money for TransOhio and Kaleidoscope Youth Center.
And as always, resources for a free Palestine include The Palestine Academy, the Palestinian Feminist Collective’s amazing action toolkit and my own newsletter, Crips for Palestine. If you’re able, please donate to Medical Aid for Palestinians or Crips for eSims for Gaza. (more…)
by Kathryn Hemmann | Apr 22, 2025 | Essays, Video Games
Crow Country is a game about zombies. The year is 1990, and you (ostensibly) play as a police detective named Mara Forest. Mara is investigating the disappearance of Edward Crow, the owner of a small amusement park called Crow Country. Two years prior, Crow Country shut down and closed to the public after the injury and subsequent hospitalization of a teenage girl. What Edward Crow doesn’t want anyone to know is that the girl was bitten by a zombie. That girl is Mara, and she knows what she saw. She also knows that her health isn’t improving, which is why she’s determined to get to the bottom of the strange phenomenon at the abandoned amusement park. That strange phenomenon is zombies, and these “zombies” are climate refugees. (more…)
by Cress | Apr 21, 2025 | Reviews, Video Games
Monasteries are not often a focus of stories in media, much less video games—typically just a locale with little interest paid to their inner workings. It’s a deeply personal decision to cloister one’s self to faith and a humble life with fellows that also feel a calling for a life of quiet contemplation, earnest work, and preparing a tasty brew! Since the medieval times, monasteries have brewed up many unique and historic beers to support themselves and the community around them. And now you can support their holy and slightly hedonistic lifestyle in Ale Abbey! (more…)
by Kamie Wootan | Apr 16, 2025 | News, Video Games
Hello, Nintendo fans. I’m currently under the weather and spending some extra time in bed, which really reminds me just how much comfort and escape video games can provide on days like these. Despite feeling a bit off, I’m excited by all the news and updates coming our way. It’s been a big month in the Nintendo world, and I’m looking forward to sharing all the thrilling developments with you. Sit back, relax, and join me as we dive into this month’s highlights. (more…)
by Katherine Quevedo | Apr 14, 2025 | Poetry
Throughout this series of essays, I’ve shared my own viewpoint. It’s time now to hear from others who have tackled the exciting combination of games and poetry—namely, the contributors of an entire anthology of it. Manawaker Studio recently published Dangerous to Go Alone! 2, their second volume of gamer poetry, which includes a reprint of one of my Sidequest poems. I couldn’t resist the chance to ask the other authors one deceptively simple question: “What advice would you give poets who want to use games as inspiration?” I challenged them to answer in only a couple sentences. (more…)
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