Previously: 2018 – 2019 – 2020 – 2021 – 2022 – 2023 – 2024 So only by forgetting can I see the place again as it really is. – David Byrne, True Stories (1986) I played and completed more games in 2025 than in the previous year, although I only played one game that was […]

Games developers are illusionists. Convincing players to mentally conjure places, people and stories out of rudimentary arrangements of switches and blinking lights demands something more than just engineering skill. As hardware has grown ever more powerful and sophisticated, the need for creative sleight-of-hand has not diminished. That whizzy new console may provide a leap in […]