Breaking down the influences behind Inscryption's music
Almost five years after the game's release, we talk to creator Daniel Mullins and composer and sound designer Jonah Senzel about Inscryption's standout audio.
An Audience with Bennett Foddy
Bennett Foddy’s games are likely to evoke
extreme and often painful emotions.
extreme and often painful emotions.
The photo mode consultant helping you take better video game screenshots
“[Virtual photography] is a way to discover the game differently, because you can check every single detail,” says Helme. “It's really enhancing the artistry in a game for your eyes, and then creating something from it for someone else.”
Breaking down the influences behind Inscryption's music
Almost five years after the game's release, we talk to creator Daniel Mullins and composer and sound designer Jonah Senzel about Inscryption's standout audio.
Thank You For Your Application Review - The Wand Report
Thank You For Your Application is a somber reminder of the often inhuman process of job applications and interviews.
Designers support BackerKit's collab-funding, say there's no crowdfunding fatigue
Since the inception of Zine Quest by Kickstarter in 2019, the tabletop RPG landscape has been inundated with themed crowdfunding festivals across platforms.
Letter Lost Review
Letter Lost may appear to be a cosy experience about processing letters and parcels as a postmaster, but this cosiness eventually gives way to a rich narrative experience about a mysterious isle and its perpetually confused denizens.
First ever Jubenshacon scripts a murderously successful and sold out debut
Jubenshacon is the first English-language convention centered on jubensha, which took place over the weekend of May 8 and 9, 2026 at the Theatre Deli in London, UK.
L.A. Noire's Compelling Tale Sits at the Heart of a Make-Believe Los Angeles
L.A. Noire was released 15 years ago in May 2011. I write about its legacy, ponder whether its efforts to mimic reality were really worthwhile, and espouse the core writing of its detective drama.
For some publishers, the cost of missing Gen Con outweighs mounting risks
As Gen Con 2026 draws closer, the organizers of the largest US tabletop convention have announced that Indiana-based non-profit organization, Immigrant Welcome Center, will be the convention’s official charity partner.
Bludgeon wants you to embrace roleplaying in your own, radical way
Tejas Oza was already designing tabletop RPGs before he knew what they were. He first saw a banner ad for a tutorial on Dungeon & Dragons (D&D) in 2006, while playing browser games at a local cyber cafe in India.
Inscryption’s bespoke, two-player board game is a fusion of aesthetics and adaptation
CrypticCrafter’s resplendent recreation of Inscryption is only the most recent addition to an ongoing phenomenon. Since the release of the digital deckbuilding game five years ago, a community of fans has been replicating big chunks of it in real life.
Titanium Court Review
I had a debilitating headache playing Titanium Court.This is entirely my fault, and if Titanium Court had a voice, it would have impishly suggested that the headache was of my own doing, too.
Why localizing Japan’s decades-old fantasy RPGs can be a behemoth task
Meet the studios bringing Sword World and Wares Blade to the English-speaking world.
Cthulhu: The Cosmic Abyss Review
But Cthulhu: The Cosmic Abyss is not a game in this vein. Instead, its true horror lies in the inscrutable tedium of paperwork and emails.
Mouse: P.I. for Hire Review
Animation fans, rejoice: the 1930s cartoon Dizzy Dishes has entered the public domain this year. W
Moves of the Diamond Hand Preview
Moves of the Diamond Hand begins with a dire confrontation: a puddle of spilled bubble tea has muddied the exit you’re alighting the train from.
Kara Stone is creating low-carbon games
Kara Stone wants to build principles of sustainability into her work, beginning with a series of low-carbon games that are centered around climate consciousness.
An Audience with Bennett Foddy
Bennett Foddy’s games are likely to evoke
extreme and often painful emotions.
extreme and often painful emotions.
The photo mode consultant helping you take better video game screenshots
“[Virtual photography] is a way to discover the game differently, because you can check every single detail,” says Helme. “It's really enhancing the artistry in a game for your eyes, and then creating something from it for someone else.”
Forge bonds through pit stops and awkward road trip conversations in Runeway
As Runedrifters, players band and travel together across the ever-evolving world of Weyrd, which is home to strange denizens like fish people, winged demons, and magical golems. They are wanderers of this realm, seeking out companions to accomplish a common goal together.
Fighting for justice in the cyberpunk city of Ten Thousand Days For The Sword
There’s something quite lyrical about the way designer Emily Zhu (朱保敬) has melded two seemingly disparate genres together in Ten Thousand Days For The Sword: the glistening, high tech streets of cyberpunk, and the fantastical, even mystical theatrics of wuxia.
Screamer’s story-driven arcade racer pays homage to its retro roots
Peek the long curves, metallic sheen, and shimmering headlights of the cars in the Screamer reboot, set amidst ribbons of asphalt in a neon-lit city or the dusty street circuits of an industrial district.
Rebellion Unplugged vows to make Tunnels & Trolls: A New Age more approachable than ever
The second tabletop RPG that has ever been published (or third, if you consider the obscure Rules to the Game of Dungeon) is making a return.
John Carpenter’s Toxic Commando Review
This loop is the heart of Toxic Commando: shoot, harvest, survive, and oh, make some deliveries while you’re at it. As a blood-soaked zombie shooter that takes ample inspiration from titans of the genre like Left 4 Dead and Back 4 Blood (a missed opportunity, perhaps, to name it Toxic 4 Commando instead), Toxic Commando doesn’t really break the mould, and you get the sense that it doesn’t really want to anyway.
Mewgenics Review
Mewgenics is about breeding a battalion of cats at your base, and then sending eligible kitties off into the wild for rounds of combat against crudely drawn enemies, from floating pieces of excrement to battle-hardened cat sergeants.
Time Extend: Undertale
Violence, pacifism and consequences: a decade later, how does Toby Fox’s smash RPG hold up?
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