Issue 6

From Babycastles’ neon-lit New York basements to Bar SK’s trash-art cabinets and Playtopia’s handmade spectacle, experential design expert Marie Foulston tours the world’s DIY videogame scenes, built on collaboration and mischief.

Phillip Russell journeys through designer Matt Nava’s poignaint and restorative worlds, from Journey to Sword of the Sea, exploring how videogames might move beyond apocalypse and conquest towards ideas of hope and repair.

Matthew Castle meets Kazutaka Kodaka, creator of Danganronpa and The Hundred Line, to explore the multitude of branching paths and life choices behind the game with a hundred endings that almost ruined him.

Sam Byford meets Yoshiro Kimura, the cult Japanese designer behind beloved cult classics like Moon: Remix RPG Adventure, Chulip and Stray Children, whose unorthodox, winding career has been guided by an uncompromising commitment to eccentricity.

Lewis Gordon speaks to Team Ninja president Fumihiko Yasuda about shinigee, Kurosawa, cats and the finely tuned violence that has become a signature flourish of the studio, known for creating some of the sharpest action games ever made.

Tom Regan meets Ian Dallas, director of cult classic What Remains of Edith Finch, to trace how a fear of death, a failed scuba-diving game and years of false starts became one of indie gaming’s most affecting ghost stories, solidifying the ‘walking simulator’ genre.