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AriZona made a game, and it’s really petty

AeiZona Tea – yes, the iced tea company – made a game about fighting inflation. The game itself is somewhat derivative, but most memorable for its sheer pettiness.

August 28, 2025August 24, 2025
A+E

“Ticket to Ride” and accessibility in the gaming industry

“Ticket to Ride” is a 2004 board game that arguably started the modern indie game revolution. This article reviews it, and also attempts to break down one aspect of what made it popular – and more broadly, what it means for games to be accessible.

May 10, 2025April 20, 2025
A+E

“Abducktion”: Should games be single- or multi-player?

“Abducktion” is a cute game with some interesting mechanics but that can’t decide if it wants to be for one or multiple players, and struggles because of that.

May 10, 2025April 20, 2025
A+E

The “Harry Potter” deckbuilder: Mainstream can be a good thing

Avery Watson discusses why “Harry Potter: Hogwarts Battle” may stand alone as a pinnacle of the deckbuilding game genre.

April 17, 2025April 13, 2025
A+E

The Nintendo Switch 2 Direct is exciting for all gamers

April 2, 2025, is a day that will go down not in infamy, but in

April 10, 2025April 6, 2025
A+E

An alternative view on home-brewing/modding

Last issue, TechNews published an article that discussed home-brewing, a practice in gaming culture where

April 3, 2025March 31, 2025
A+E

A co-op comparison: “R.E.P.O.” versus “Lethal Company”

“R.E.P.O.” and “Lethal Company” are two recent games that, on the surface, seem very similar.

April 3, 2025March 30, 2025
A+E

Puns of Anarchy: A game with a cool premise, but questionable execution

What happens when you mix Cards Against Humanity with a whiteboard and a love of puns? You get this game that’s got a unique but fun playstyle.

April 3, 2025March 30, 2025
A+E

Blood on the Clocktower: Okay, we need to talk about homebrew

Blood on the Clocktower is the king of social deduction games for a few reasons – one of them being an overreliance on community and homebrew content.

March 13, 2025March 9, 2025
A+E Opinion World

Punk isn’t conservative: Unpacking the current discourse

Punk is currently overrun with conservatives trying to claim the music as theirs. There’s a lot of discourse about the fact that this is happening, but this attempts to look further at why.

March 13, 2025March 9, 2025

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