In the mid-1990s, Theresa Duncan's works went beyond just 'games for girls' — charming games like Chop Suey, Smarty and Zero Zero were rueful and unusual, with a distinct Gen… Read the rest of the article: Offbeat, girly games that pay tribute to a pioneer

Traveler is a nuanced and touching text game about… finding where you belong? It's an abstract space travel adventure, where you drift among planets with an eye on your ever-falling… Read the rest of the article: Play it now: Traveler

The oldest complete deck of cards in the world is from the distinctly-unhappy 15th century, and lives at the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Cloisters location. The oblong cards are nifty-looking—but… Read the rest of the article: Was the world's oldest deck of cards any fun?

The Devs With Baltimore bundle contains independently-made games "donated by their authors in support of the Baltimore Algebra Project and in solidarity with protesters resisting antiblack state/police violence and white… Read the rest of the article: TODAY: Buy a bundle of wonderful games, send money to Baltimore kids

On the end of a great, mad era for video games

Lo Fi Let's Play 22: Life & DeathWatch this video on YouTube As a child, I dreamed of becoming a surgeon, thanks to 1988's Life & Death — before Surgeon… Read the rest of the article: Lo-Fi Let's Play: Life & Death

I love Twine games that are able to create a strong sense of place. Despite being text-only, a beautiful typeface and atmospheric, well-selected words go beyond 'choosing your own adventure',… Read the rest of the article: In this elegant ritual horror, giant hornets are everywhere

You're space cowgirl Enora Bey, and you and your alien lady love Quanee have a ship full of stolen cows. Cows are worth a fortune on Truxton, but it'll be… Read the rest of the article: Play a brilliant, romantic Thelma & Louise-style space tale

"Friendly tag-based Javascript animators" JADSDS have made a gigantic HMTL5 map of the overworld from The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past, also known as the best Zelda.… Read the rest of the article: Whoa, it's Zelda: A Link To The Past's world map, in living detail

The works of Mason Lindroth have a distinctive look and texture—clay-like blobs and gradients, cranked through a 1990s Macintosh computer screen. The play-doh colors, visual flecks and alien sounds of… Read the rest of the article: Play it now: Melter

I might have a Thing about games featuring the frequent deaths of cute marine life, but here is another one: Jelly Reef, a game about guiding baby jellyfish by creating… Read the rest of the article: The sea is pretty dangerous for baby jellyfish

The Saudi prince improving gaming for the Middle EastWatch this video on YouTube If the video above is blocked, you can view it here. Commercial video games often show Middle… Read the rest of the article: Watch: The Saudi prince who's challenging video game stereotypes

Tragic magic! Executive realness! Here's a new game for 3-6 players, about drawing fashions for witches, that you can print out and play with your friends. All you really need… Read the rest of the article: Print out this witch fashion game and play it with your friends

Launched late last year, Never Alone (Kisima Ingitchuna), an atmospheric puzzler about a young Inupiaq girl and her arctic fox friend, has been warmly received. Many players have also enjoyed… Read the rest of the article: How video game makers helped Alaska Natives tell a story

In a nifty series of articles, my friend Dan Griliopoulos has been modeling the United Kingdom's major political parties' stances in the simulation game Democracy 3. The latest piece tackles… Read the rest of the article: Can a game show us what would happen under far-right rule?

Part art, part science, Nadezda Suvorova's playful works celebrate the weird beauty of our reality

I always say I feel as if I was raised by the adventure game creators of the 1980s: Wry, cryptic guys and gals who built impossible caves, surreal worlds and… Read the rest of the article: A chance to give back to a quirky, legendary game developer

Jake Elliott, who made Kentucky Route Zero along with Tamas Kemenczy and Ben Babbitt, is passionate about the role of text in games — and he believes typographical choices can… Read the rest of the article: What if text games were more like Saul Bass sequences?

Nina Freeman wants you to play what it felt like to be her as a little girl, even for a moment

Designer Holly Gramazio makes games you play in person, at events and installations: non-digital works that use physical spaces. But thanks to a very special set of rules—namely, the long… Read the rest of the article: One woman's hilarious game about the UK's weird porn laws