Rule 8: Do not insert flashbacks, POV changes, or interludes in the first ~20,000 words of your story. So after all those high and mighty words about greater concepts and the nature of the narrative...

A virtual reality / augmented reality (VR/AR) event was hosted in Rapaporte Treasure Hall on March 5, 2025, from 2:30 to 3:50 p.m. It was primarily attended by the class of COSI 125A, taught by...

I do not consider myself a particularly good writer. Like many, I’ve dipped my toes into the water once or twice, but never managed anything cohesive more than 5,000 words long. However, I have read...

I suppose I should preface this review with a few disclaimers. First of all, I have not actually completed “Factorio”—I got the game fairly recently and just haven’t had the time or energy to finish...

It was a bright, sunny day in the forest—the sunlight cast dappled shadows over fallen leaves, the squirrels chattered and gossiped on their high branches, and the wind carried the faint scent of wildflowers through...

“Warframe” is a game that’s held a special place in my heart for quite some time. It’s an infrequent passion, something I come back to once every couple of months, just to play for a...

Editor’s Note: This story contains graphic imagery. Reader discretion is advised. Author’s Note: Consider this a late Halloween story. Jeremy lay in bed, staring at the ceiling. It was dark, the room illuminated by only...

Gacha games—that is to say, games inspired off of “gachapon” machines, featuring gambling mechanics and usually made by eastern developers—have, to my eyes, become more and more popular in recent years. Games like “Genshin Impact”...

The Scrapyard was, to John’s eyes, unreasonably massive. Of course, compared to Station 27a – of which the Scrapyard made up a significant part – it was actually quite reasonably sized. A bit small, even,...

I would like to begin this article with a reassurance: This is not an attack on Minecraft. Neither is it an attack on the people who play it, nor is it, for that matter, an...