Features and long reads

Longform investigations into game design choices, in-depth retrospectives on landmark franchises, and thoughtful cultural commentary from our contributors. Read slowly, think deeply.

Our longform pieces follow a single question through a game's systems, its studio and the players who keep returning to it. We trace how design decisions ripple outward, and how communities shape a game long after launch.

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