Squid Pro Quo

The Eldritch Economy of Worshipping Things That Hate You

May 3 • Jay Rooney

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April 2026

Issue 5.11: Gods, Mods, and Sacred Fraud

Deities, Cults, Deicide, Apotheosis, and Playing God in Video Games [An Archetypal, Metaspiritual, Theological, Philosophical, and Ludonarrative…

Apr 26

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My Latest: On Crimson Desert vs. The Gaming Press

An update, a cross-post, and a promise

Apr 7 • Jay Rooney

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March 2026

Is GDC Over?

A Ground-Level Dispatch from GDC 2026

Mar 14 • Jay Rooney

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February 2026

BONUS QUEST: The Banned Bible Book That “They” Don’t Want You to Play

The Book of Enoch, Heaven’s System Failure, and the Video Games That Keep Repeating the Crime

Feb 2 • Jay Rooney

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January 2026

Issue 5.10: Sympathy for the Diablo

Heaven, Hell, and the Open World in Between [An Archetypal, Metaspiritual, Theological, Historical, Literary, and Ludonarrative Analysis]

Jan 28

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Theater Kid Surrealism, With the Parking Brake On

A Game & Word Review of "Kentucky Route Zero"

Jan 16 • Jay Rooney

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December 2025

Player Select: Volume 6 Topic Finalists (Pick One!)

Help Me Choose a Theme for Volume 6!

Dec 31, 2025 • Jay Rooney

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I Hope Divinity Uses Even More AI

AI in Game Development Is Good, Actually

Dec 19, 2025 • Jay Rooney

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Issue 4.10 – 22 Minutes to Midnight

Cosmic Cycles and Archaeological Echoes in Outer Wilds [A Philosophical and Cosmological Analysis]

Dec 13, 2025

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November 2025

BONUS: One Deck to Rule Them All

How the Rider-Waite-Smith Tarot Deck Changed Everything

Nov 27, 2025 • Jay Rooney

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Issue 5.9: Wild Cards and Wilder Magic

The Mystical Powers of Balatro's Deck [A Historical, Philosophical, Metaspiritual, and Symbolic Analysis]

Nov 27, 2025

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