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From Public to Private: The Evolving Space of Gaming
Gaming / eSports

From Public to Private: The Evolving Space of Gaming

The arcade cabinet was a public object — strangers gathered around it, competed, jeered, cheered. The console took gaming home. Th...

Jul 16, 2026  ·  3 min read
Has Game Design Stopped Trusting Its Own Players?
Gaming / eSports

Has Game Design Stopped Trusting Its Own Players?

The tutorial level used to be where you learned to play — now many games assume you've already watched a walkthrough. Greg Kasavin...

Jul 14, 2026  ·  3 min read
Game Difficulty Settings: From Hidden Metrics to Visible Accessibility
Gaming / eSports

Game Difficulty Settings: From Hidden Metrics to Visible Accessibility

For decades, gamer identity was tied to difficulty — you played on hard, you didn't admit otherwise. Now accessibility modes are s...

Jul 08, 2026  ·  4 min read
Game Journalists Called It Before Anyone Else Did. Then the Industry Stopped Inviting Them to the Preview. Who Decides What Gaming Culture Gets to Say About Itself?
Gaming / eSports

Game Journalists Called It Before Anyone Else Did. Then the Industry Stopped Inviting Them to the Preview. Who Decides What Gaming Culture Gets to Say About Itself?

Gaming journalists who ask hard questions are increasingly finding themselves uninvited to preview events — and the industry's shr...

Jul 03, 2026  ·  3 min read
Indie Game Developers Are Outselling AAA Studios on Their Own Terms. Did the Bedroom Coder Just Win the War Nobody Thought They Could Fight?
Gaming / eSports

Indie Game Developers Are Outselling AAA Studios on Their Own Terms. Did the Bedroom Coder Just Win the War Nobody Thought They Could Fight?

PAGE EXCERPT Games made by single developers in bedrooms are now outselling AAA studios with hundred-million-dollar budgets. Tina...

Jul 01, 2026  ·  3 min read
Battle Passes Turned Gaming Into a Second Job: When Did Playing Stop Being Enough?
Gaming / eSports

Battle Passes Turned Gaming Into a Second Job: When Did Playing Stop Being Enough?

Are Battle Passes Reshaping Our Relationship With Gaming?PAGE EXCERPTBattle passes promised structure and rewards — but somewhere...

Jun 05, 2026  ·  4 min read
Video Game Soundtracks Are Selling Out Arenas. Did Gaming Just Become the New Rock 'n' Roll?
Gaming / eSports

Video Game Soundtracks Are Selling Out Arenas. Did Gaming Just Become the New Rock 'n' Roll?

Orchestras are selling out arenas performing Final Fantasy and Zelda scores — and the crowds are going wild. Hiroshi Yoshimura, An...

Jun 02, 2026  ·  4 min read
Game Mods Built the Industry. So Why Does the Industry Keep Trying to Kill Them?
Gaming / eSports

Game Mods Built the Industry. So Why Does the Industry Keep Trying to Kill Them?

Game mods gave us Counter-Strike, DayZ, and entire new genres — yet the industry keeps shutting modders down. Dr. Greg Lastowka, J...

May 29, 2026  ·  4 min read
Is Speedrunning the Purest Form of Gaming Left?
Gaming / eSports

Is Speedrunning the Purest Form of Gaming Left?

Speedrunning strips a game down to its bones — no cutscenes, no lore, no hand-holding. Just a player, a timer, and the question of...

May 27, 2026  ·  3 min read