Ghosts in the Machine | A Short Story Anthology

• “A Perfect Apple”

Nightmare Mode:

• To speak for the “…”

• The cold science of Pokémon

• Let games be as challenging as they need to be

• Colonialism under the guise of the dungeon crawl: Etrian Odyssey and the invasion

• Beating up God in Valkyrie Profile: Lenneth

• Feedback Loop: Why video games should drag us kicking and screaming

• Learning how to fly in video games

• The Campfire: A nightmare in Hyrule

• Mega Man: An Outlaw in an Asimovian World

• After Pressing Start: Animal Crossing

• Stifling the medium

• After Pressing Start: Dragon Quest IV: Chapters of the Chosen

• Golf and godhood

• Serving the douche: When usability trumps character

• The zoology of Dragon Quest IX

• To the end (and back again) – Endless play in Nidhogg

• Confronting Violence in Nier

Sneaky Bastards:

• Hidden in Hyrule