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‘Rise of the Videogame Zinesters’: Changing Games by Making Games

By
Scott Juster
/ 28 June 2012
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Space and System in Culver City: A Visit to IndieCade

By
Kris Ligman
/ 11 October 2011
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‘don’t take it personally’: Identity Performance and Surveillance Culture

By
Kris Ligman
/ 7 June 2011
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The Maw

By
PopMatters Staff
/ 10 February 2009
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Crayon Physics Deluxe

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L.B. Jeffries
/ 25 January 2009
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This is a Cry for Help

By
L.B. Jeffries
/ 11 January 2009
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Iji

By
L.B. Jeffries
/ 9 October 2008
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Flash Game: Storyteller

By
L.B. Jeffries
/ 1 October 2008
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Navigating the Sell Out: Jason Rohrer’s “Idealism”

By
Mike Schiller
/ 16 April 2008
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Audiosurf

By
L.B. Jeffries
/ 16 March 2008
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Blackwell Unbound

By
L.B. Jeffries
/ 19 February 2008
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Aquaria

By
L.B. Jeffries
/ 14 February 2008

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