Author: Abhi Desai

Playing Super Smash Bros from a feminist perspective for me involved engaging with the game’s player roster, mechanics, and representation through the lens of…

For my critical play, I decided to play online poker, a game I’m familiar with and play relatively often. I generally prefer playing poker…

Monument Valley, a game from the Ustwo Games studio, is a puzzle game that is available on iOS, Android, and Windows, as well as…

A game I enjoyed playing growing up was Poptropica. It had a set narrative and a mix of loops and arcs that ensured that…

Cardinal Conquest: Hoover Horror Synopsis: Cardinal Conquest – Hoover Horror is a 2D, 8-bit puzzle adventure game where players control a Stanford student navigating…

Emotions: Mysterious Curious Whimsical Mood Board: Spotify Playlist Directions: A 2D puzzle game where Stanford students are trying to prevent an evil wizard, TML,…

For my critical play, I played the game Places. Places is a free, unguided environment game created by a Twitter user with the handle…

“Cards Against Humanity,” a “judging” game developed by Max Temkin and his high school friends from Highland Park High School, is designed specifically for…

For this week’s critical play, I selected the popular game Monopoly, and played it with some friends when we had a spare hour. Monopoly…