Why tell a story about teenage angst and friendship in a video game, instead of a movie? A book? I asked the developers of Mixtape to find out for @RemapRadio, and it's one of my favorite conversations from the past few years https://remapradio.com/articles/every-good-story-needs-a-banging-soundtrack/

When I asked Titanium Court designer AP Thomson about the game's baseball references, there was a simple explanation. It was about "illuminating the magic that exists under something that you might have previously dismissed." My story on this gaming rarity https://remapradio.com/articles/the-clowns-and-criminals-of-titanium-court/

I asked the parents reading @crossplayblog to turn their kids to turn into video game reviewers. The results are absolutely adorable. https://www.crossplay.news/p/kids-reviewing-video-games-minecraft

“I don’t know where the balance is as a parent" could be a statement about anything. But for my latest at @crossplayblog, it's an interview with Chandana Ekanayake about getting to work *with* his son on his latest game. (I also talked to his kid!) https://www.crossplay.news/p/could-you-handle-your-kid-working-for-you

I am not inspired by what I'm seeing in the latest season of Euphoria—nor the latest season of The Boys. It's bummers all around on the latest episode of Decoding TV https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/decoding-tv/id1163344992?i=1000762473188

Roblox will soon roll out "child accounts" and start filtering out games with "sensitive issues." I asked Roblox what it considers a "sensitive issue"—and they told me! Prayer in schools? Vaccination policies? The full list at @crossplayblog https://www.crossplay.news/p/what-are-roblox-child-accounts

When did arcades turn into mini versions of Las Vegas? They're the closest young children can engage in our society’s ever-expanding gambling complex. Games your children are certain to lose. They are scams. My latest at @crossplayblog https://www.crossplay.news/p/most-arcades-feel-like-total-scams

1000xResist was/is one of my favorite games of the past few years. It spoke powerfully to the personal and societal traumas from the early days of COVID-19. Now, they're making a game about AI? Of *course* I had to talk to them about it for @RemapRadio https://remapradio.com/articles/the-developers-behind-1000xresist-are-back-and-tackling-ai/

"I’m there for joyful experience, not frustration. My son likes to gloat a little—nay, a lot. In the spirit of validation, I say as enthusiastically as possible: 'Yes, honey, thank you so much. It wouldn’t have been a lot of fun to be stuck and never progress.'" https://www.crossplay.news/p/my-kids-fight-my-bosses