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The Surprisingly Messy Culture Wars Within The New York Times Crossword Puzzle

by Cheri Lucas Rowlands January 31, 2022October 19, 2022

“While the crossword remains a word game mainstay, what’s appropriate has changed with the times.”

The traces of a car's taillights driving into a surreal digital landscape
Posted inReading List

Deeper Than Pixels: A Reading List on Video Games

by Peter Rubin October 7, 2021October 19, 2022

Five longreads on the culture and creativity that games have spawned.

Cannabis seedlings
Posted inCommentary, Current Events, Discussions, Podcasts, Sports

Editor’s Roundtable: Gossip, Dirt, and Reality (Podcast)

by Longreads June 3, 2019October 19, 2022

Longreads editors discuss stories in Esquire, The New York Times Magazine, ESPN, Kotaku, and The Globe and Mail.

Posted inNonfiction, Top 5

The Top 5 Longreads of the Week

by Longreads May 31, 2019October 19, 2022

This week, we’re sharing stories from James Carroll, Cecilia D’Anastasio, Ben Steverman, Eva Holland, and Ian Brown.

Posted inNonfiction, Reading List

Blueprints & Buildings: Four Stories About Architecture

by Emily Perper March 22, 2015October 19, 2022

Four stories about architecture and design: the Urban Death Project, the materials we use to build, designing for the blind, and creating spaces in video games.

Posted inNonfiction, Reading List

Blueprints & Buildings: Four Stories About Architecture

by Emily Perper March 22, 2015October 19, 2022

Four stories about architecture and design: the Urban Death Project, the materials we use to build, designing for the blind, and creating spaces in video games.

Posted inNonfiction, Reading List

The Culture of Video Games: A Reading List

by Emily Perper June 15, 2014October 19, 2022

Videogames fascinate me. I’m not very good at the majority I’ve tried to play, but, like kickball and baking, I still play, because they’re fun, and I don’t have to be good at everything. (Except Pac-Man World 2 for PS2. I rule that. Especially the ice-skating levels.) Friends have helped me play Bioshock Infinite and introduced […]

Posted inNonfiction, Reading List

The Culture of Video Games: A Reading List

by Emily Perper June 15, 2014October 19, 2022

Videogames fascinate me. I’m not very good at the majority I’ve tried to play, but, like kickball and baking, I still play, because they’re fun, and I don’t have to be good at everything. (Except Pac-Man World 2 for PS2. I rule that. Especially the ice-skating levels.) Friends have helped me play Bioshock Infinite and introduced […]

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