9 Best Articles in 2021
vole.wtf
The Kilobyte’s Gambit ♟️💾 1k chess game
vole.wtf
1 min read · Mar 5th · Can you beat 1024 bytes of JavaScript?
VICE
'Civilization' and Strategy Games' Progress Delusion
VICE
7 min read · 2019-12-17 · How strategy games have held on to one of colonialism's most toxic narratives, and how they might finally be letting it go.
The Economist’s 1843 magazine
Escape to another world
The Economist’s 1843 magazine
20+ min read · From 2017 · As video games climb to new heights of sophistication and physical beauty, more and more young American men are withdrawing from personal relationships and the workforce to spend more time in virtual worlds. In this piece for The Economist Group’s cultural magazine 1984, editor and global economy expert Ryan Avent poses more questions than answers as he explores the relationship between America’s dwindling young workforce and the comfort they find within the confines of video games.
Stratechery
Apple, Epic, and the App Store
Stratechery
~11 min read · 2020-08-17 · The App Store is not one thing: it is installation, payments, and customer management; the further Apple gets from iOS, the worse its actions are for users and developers.
youtube.com
First Look at Nintendo Labo
youtube.com
From 2018 · Get ready to Make, Play and Discover with Nintendo Labo! Nintendo Labo is a new line of interactive build-and-play experiences that combine DIY creations wit...
matthewball.vc
7 Reasons Why Video Gaming Will Take Over
matthewball.vc
~19 min read · 2020-01-10 · It’s replicating the most lucrative entertainment businesses on earth… and then adding a lot more.
Bloomberg
The Legend of Nintendo
Bloomberg
~14 min read · From 2018 · With the Switch, the 130-year-old gaming giant has once again turned reports of its demise into Nintendo Mania.
Fast Company
The secret to happy UX, according to a legendary game designer
Fast Company
6 min read · From 2018 · The famous rhythm game Lumines is back, and it’s a reminder of where things went wrong.
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The entirety of Twitch has reportedly been leaked
VGC
3 min read · Oct 6th · Source codes and user payouts among the data released in a 128GB torrent…
Vox
One Good Thing: A time loop video game that works like a Rube Goldberg machine
Vox
4 min read · Sep 28th · The Forgotten City, which began life as a Skyrim mod, gives you plenty of room to mess up and do better next time.
Eurogamer
The big interview: EA, FIFA and loot boxes
Eurogamer
~19 min read · Oct 8th · FIFA 22 is out in the wild, and in gameplay terms it's going down well. But, as anyone who's read Eurogamer's review will know, we still have a few problems with how it's monetised. Specifically, the…
Polygon
Twitch source code, creator payouts leaked in massive data breach
Polygon
2 min read · Oct 6th · Source code, payout information, a Steam competitor, and security tools posted online
