Games
Spotlighting all facets of indie video games, including locally and regionally affiliated developers, composers, and authors.
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Amid industry tumult, the 2025 MDEV conference captured Madison as an impending game-development hotspot
On the ground with indie developers and industry representatives at the annual, bustling, two-day showcase of video games.
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Against collecting
Embracing sentimental value and resisting the urge to splurge in an era of inflation.
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Wisconsin’s one-sided relationship with video games
Wisconsin is a burgeoning hotbed for video games devs, but the state rarely appears as an in-game location.
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Meet the neighbors, greet the worms, and make friends in “Garage Sale”
Developer Amelia Zollner talks with us about her wholesome but unpredictable video game.
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Functional play in the abstract: an interview with game studies author Peter McDonald
The UW–Madison assistant professor discusses the philosophies behind his new book, “Run And Jump: The Meaning Of The 2D Platformer.”
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Reflections in an animal well
Madison-based video game publisher Bigmode makes a splash with their debut title.
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A fantastical escape
Examining the Wisconsin roots, popularity increase, and emotional utility of “Dungeons & Dragons.”
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A new video game immerses players in a flood of journalistic decisions
“Headlines And High Water,” from UW-Madison’s Field Day Lab, shows us how all kinds of small decisions shape the news.
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Ava Wanbli builds a self-reflexive world of trans ecstatic kink in “Sertraline Dolls”
The Chicago-based artist’s transgressive new media exhibition opened April 1, and runs through early autumn in MMoCA’s second-floor Imprint Gallery.
