What are games trying to tell you? Games use their text, aesthetics, and most importantly, mechanics, to convey a powerful message! Game developers need to consider the themes of the games they...

Welcome to Games Speak, where we analyze the intentional and unintentional themes of games, and learn to be more critical players and more thoughtful creators. Everything you create will be...

The full video essay on the mixed messaging in the themes of Shadow of the Tomb Raider!    

Mixed Messaging I want this series and channel to be first and foremost a celebration of games and the powerful ways they can affect our lives. For that reason I don’t like to focus on games...

An uncommon detour for me into short fiction from 2013. Edward Grimes stood over the body of the well-dressed man, the candlestick still firmly in his grip. As his senses returned to him he...