Sara Elsam

Gaming Bible • 24/11/2020

How Dark Souls, ‘Bloodborne’ And ‘Paradise Killer’ Have Reshaped Cosmic Horror In Games

Tentacular times.

The Final Girls • 13/10/2020

Prevenging the Patriarchy: A wild, savage look at expectations of motherhood —

Note: this contains spoilers for Prevenge

GamesIndustry.biz • 22/09/2020

Trans games professionals explore Tell Me Why's landmark depiction of trans identity

"It's very clear to map the role games play in poor media representations of trans people. If there was ever a time to step up and make real waves for positive change, this is it"

Gaming Bible • 10/07/2020

The Grit And Gore Of 'KOTOR' Shows How Star Wars Games Should Be Made

Sith way, padawan.

Tabletop Gaming • 29/12/2019

Deep Dark: an exploration of gaming dungeons

From mazes filled with fantasy foes to abandoned space stations, gamers explore deadly spaces of every shape and form. But what makes a dungeon worth delving?

Rock Paper Shotgun • 01/07/2019

What Call Of Cthulhu and The Sinking City could learn from this interactive fiction classic

Tentacles at dawn.

The Guardian • 09/10/2018

Unmanned: a video game about the unseen horror of drone warfare

Most war games focus on dramatic on-the-ground heroics, but Unmanned illuminates the effects of drone warfare from a pilot’s perspective.

Eurogamer.net • 11/06/2018

Wolfenstein 2 and the anatomy of a blockbuster hero

First blood.

15/10/2020

Monopolists and Marxists: A tale of Two Political Games

Monopoly went from criticising capitalism to embodying it. Meet its forgotten socialist sibling, Class Struggle

Eurogamer.net • 06/09/2018

Hungry ghosts and book burning: Detention explores Taiwan's dark past

Just hold your breath and walk away.

Dicebreaker • 27/03/2020

“It was the beginning of a gaming revolution”: Games Workshop co-founder Ian Livingstone talks fantasy, bringing D&D to the UK and the birth of Warhammer

The way is full of peril.

Eurogamer.net • 02/07/2018

Petscop, the internet's favourite haunted video game

Petscop is the internet's most popular haunted video game, and no-one knows yet what it all means, nor what it's all leading to.

Dicebreaker • 13/03/2020

Eberron - Rising From the Last War lead designer takes us on a magic-powered airship ride through divided lands and the remnants of war

Full steam ahead.

Dicebreaker • 09/12/2019

Preview: So far, The King’s Dilemma is a delightfully cruel legacy board game packing tons of roleplaying fun

A breath of fresh heir.

Tabletop Gaming • 29/12/2019

Hello Darkness: horror in Dungeons & Dragons

Chris Perkins reveals the horrors beneath the Curse of Strahd campaign.

Tabletop Gaming • 29/12/2019

Running From Ghosts

I spoke to Betrayal at House on the Hill creator Bruce Glassco and co-designer Rob Daviau about the mechanics of a haunting.

Eurogamer.net • 11/02/2019

The haunted origins of Pokemon

Gastly tales of the onixpected.

06/08/2019

Book to Board: the Origins of Tabletop Storytelling

Choose Your Own Adventure and Fighting Fantasy helped give rise to games where every decision counts – and every player can experience a different story. Your adventure awaits!

Eurogamer.net • 01/08/2018

Plumbing Inside's dystopian depths

Grim tales.

Rock Paper Shotgun • 18/07/2018

DIY transcendence with Timothy Leary’s Mind Mirror

That's just, like, your opinion, man.