culture
Fuck immersion: Stop trying to make me smell my game
My game nights smell like pork spring rolls and canned vodka mixers, as God intended.
Lin Codega
Lin Codega is an award-winning entertainment journalist focusing on science fiction and fantasy media. They specialize in tabletop roleplaying games, pop culture, fandom, and queer intersections.
Public Articles
Playing games amidst the revolution
We are practicing a better world.
tabletop
The Sky is Falling is as hands on as it gets
Using paper cut illustrations and pasting in game rules, this MÖRK BORG zine is a true art piece.
culture
Games I play while listening to investor calls
Applying game design principles to Hasbro’s investor meetings shows the real agenda.
horoscopes
Did you know a Taurus likes to stay home and play games?
Tell me if you’ve heard this horoscope joke before.
tabletop
Lead an eldritch cult of your own in Elder Mythos
An interview with lead designer, Michele Paroli, on this game of tension and world-building, and world-destroying.
tabletop
The Substratum Protocol, I presume
An interview with Pandion Games about how core-delving scientists collect clues to craft new explanations every game.
tabletop
Vecna: Eve of Ruin is a farewell tour of a multiversal rogue’s gallery
The god of secrets is breaking out all the baddies for one last nostalgic 5e joyride.
tabletop
Hearts Blazing you will always be famous
Hold on to the games you love because this industry is fucking brutal.
tabletop
Munkao’s gorgeous, hornet-filled temple run demands cleverness to crawl through
An automata-filled, systems-agnostic dungeon crawl, Stirring the Hornet’s Nest at Het Thamsya layers fanaticism, Southeast Asian legend, and Buddhist histories within a claustrophobic setting.
tabletop
Rapscallion finally sets sail
For game writer, designer, and artist Whistler, queerness and piracy go hand in bloody hand.
tabletop
Violence might be 25 years old but it’ll still kick your ass
“The Roleplaying Game of Egregious and Repulsive Bloodshed” still contains relevant critiques of contemporary game design.
Satire
How to start game design discourse
It’s actually, like, super easy.
Lay it on the Table
Even in games built for silliness, I can’t get over myself
Being a goofy little guy is hard work and I’m not emotionally prepared for that kind of vulnerability.
tabletop
Paizo’s best designers return to Pathfinder's historic Tian Xia setting
An interview with three of the lead creatives who worked on the new Paizo setting books for Lost Omens: Tian Xia.
tabletop
Chuck Tingle, the World’s Greatest DM, trots to 2e and has never regretted it
For some buckaroos, TTRPGs peaked at AD&D and that’s a unique, wonderful way I had to know more about.