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Jacob Geller on the Evolution of Video Essays and Games Criticism
Jacob Geller on the Evolution of Video Essays and Games Criticism
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Christine Lai on How Art Endures Even After Apocalypse
Christine Lai on How Art Endures Even After Apocalypse
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Jamel Brinkley (Witness) on Bearing Witness and How to Write a Good Ending
Jamel Brinkley (Witness) on Bearing Witness and How to Write a Good Ending
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Hannah Nicklin (Salt Sea Chronicles) on Ensemble Storytelling and Building Equitable Workplaces
Hannah Nicklin (Salt Sea Chronicles) on Ensemble Storytelling and Building Equitable Workplaces
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Victor LaValle (Lone Women) on the Power of Monsters, and Writing a Different Historical Fiction Novel
Victor LaValle (Lone Women) on the Power of Monsters, and Writing a Different Historical Fiction Novel
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Josh Sawyer (Pentiment) on Art, History and What Will Be Remembered
Josh Sawyer (Pentiment) on Art, History and What Will Be Remembered
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Austin Walker (Possibility Space) On What Makes Good Criticism
Austin Walker (Possibility Space) On What Makes Good Criticism
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Natalie Watson (Immortality) on the State of Games Criticism and Transitioning into Games Development
Natalie Watson (Immortality) on the State of Games Criticism and Transitioning into Games Development
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Xalavier Nelson Jr. (Strange Scaffold) on Creating a More Sustainable Games Industry
Xalavier Nelson Jr. (Strange Scaffold) on Creating a More Sustainable Games Industry
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Sam Barlow (Immortality) On Games As Imperfect Immortality Machines
Sam Barlow (Immortality) On Games As Imperfect Immortality Machines
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Graham Parkes (Before Your Eyes) On Turning Blinks into a Game Mechanic
Graham Parkes (Before Your Eyes) On Turning Blinks into a Game Mechanic
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Gareth Damian Martin (Citizen Sleeper) On Creating More Meaningful Choices in RPGs
Gareth Damian Martin (Citizen Sleeper) On Creating More Meaningful Choices in RPGs
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Neil Jones (Never Yield) on Listening to Fan Feedback and the State of Indie Game Development
Neil Jones (Never Yield) on Listening to Fan Feedback and the State of Indie Game Development
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Study Hall Library
Study Hall Library
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Eric Obenauf and Eliza Wood-Obenauf (Two Dollar Radio) on Defining the Voice of an Indie Press
Eric Obenauf and Eliza Wood-Obenauf (Two Dollar Radio) on Defining the Voice of an Indie Press
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Devin McKnight (Maneka) on Creating More Than Just "Sad Boy" Music
Devin McKnight (Maneka) on Creating More Than Just "Sad Boy" Music
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Abhi (Venba) on How Food Brings Family Together and Going All in On Game Development
Abhi (Venba) on How Food Brings Family Together and Going All in On Game Development
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Chandana Ekanayake (Falcon Age) on Creating a More Diverse and Inclusive Games Studio and Industry
Chandana Ekanayake (Falcon Age) on Creating a More Diverse and Inclusive Games Studio and Industry
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John Elizabeth Stintzi (My Volcano) On Writing A Doomscroll Novel And Finding Humanity In The Absurd
John Elizabeth Stintzi (My Volcano) On Writing A Doomscroll Novel And Finding Humanity In The Absurd
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Allegra Hyde (Eleutheria) On Writing a Different Kind of Climate Change Novel and the Power of Utopian Thinking
Allegra Hyde (Eleutheria) On Writing a Different Kind of Climate Change Novel and the Power of Utopian Thinking
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Matthew Milia (Frontier Ruckus) On Calibrating His Music and Creativity Through New Phases of Life
Matthew Milia (Frontier Ruckus) On Calibrating His Music and Creativity Through New Phases of Life
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Cautious Clay (Deadpan Love) On Having A Public Identity And Staying Authentic
Cautious Clay (Deadpan Love) On Having A Public Identity And Staying Authentic
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Lydia Millet (A Children's Bible) On Facing Down The Creative Process And The Climate Apocalypse
Lydia Millet (A Children's Bible) On Facing Down The Creative Process And The Climate Apocalypse
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Greg Lobanov and Alexis Dean-Jones (Chicory) On The Anxieties Of Making Art and the Importance of Finishing Things
Greg Lobanov and Alexis Dean-Jones (Chicory) On The Anxieties Of Making Art and the Importance of Finishing Things
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Jeff Pianki (Remember It Now) on Being Present and Living a More Intentional Creative Life
Jeff Pianki (Remember It Now) on Being Present and Living a More Intentional Creative Life
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Steven James Aguilar (Heatmaps) on The Power Of Brevity In Music
Steven James Aguilar (Heatmaps) on The Power Of Brevity In Music
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Naphtali Faulkner (Umurangi Generation) on Politics, Game Design, And The End Of The World
Naphtali Faulkner (Umurangi Generation) on Politics, Game Design, And The End Of The World
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Neil Jones (Never Yield) on His Fight to Stay in Gaming
Neil Jones (Never Yield) on His Fight to Stay in Gaming
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Brooke Maggs (Control) on New Kinds of Story in Video Games
Brooke Maggs (Control) on New Kinds of Story in Video Games
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Steve Pardo (Signs of the Sojourner) on the Sounds of Home
Steve Pardo (Signs of the Sojourner) on the Sounds of Home
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Phillip Russell is a Black writer and Narrative Designer at Outerloop Games. He also co-created The LoonCast and has published work for Entropy Magazine, Atwood Magazine, Unwinnable Monthly, the Henry Art Gallery, Brevity, and more.

Ben Thorp is a journalist, writer, and podcast producer who works for NPR affiliate station WBAA from Purdue and co-created the podcast The LoonCast and, currently, the podcast Eschatology, on top of publishing nonfiction pieces in literary journals like The Rumpus.

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