The Ways The Machine Controls Us

This article was made possible by the generous support of our patrons. Please consider joining them by supporting us on Patreon. Hello world. It’s Dec 2024 and things are fully on fire. As they always have been, but perhaps more under the blindingly obvious late-stage extractive capitalism that is the incoming Trump/Musk administration. Folks are nervous, and angry. […]

Playing With Mortality

By Meguey Baker This article was made possible by the generous support of our patrons. Please consider joining them by supporting us on Patreon Playing With MortalityI had the privilege of speaking at Wesleyan University on Friday, October 13th. What a lovely thing! I love talking about game design and play and language, and the students correctly anticipated […]

Ritual In Game Design

This article was made possible by the generous support of our patrons. Please consider joining them by supporting us on Patreon. Background: I have been creating ritual spaces and experiences for groups from two to 20+ for about 35 years. I was for a dozen years a professional facilitator and ritual designer for a local non-profit specifically designed […]