Archive - Game & Word

Issue 5.0: Abra-CODE-Abra!

Join us as we start exploring the Mystical, Mysterious, and Magical Side of Video Games! This philosophical, historical, metaphysical, and spiritual…

Feb 26, 2023 •

Responding to The Worst Anti-Gaming Take of the Year

We've still got a long way to go for mainstream acceptance and legitimacy.

Jan 16 •

Issue 3.1: The Masks We Wear

The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask, According to Jungian Psychology [A Symbolic and Psychological Analysis]

May 1, 2022 •

Issue 3.2: More Masks We Wear

What does your favorite mask from The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask say about you?

May 8, 2022 •

Issue 3.6: Archetypal, My Dear Watson

What are archetypes? They're as hard to describe as they are fundamental to the way we interpret the world around us. Still, let's give it our best…

Jun 19, 2022 •

Issue 3.3: The Mindscapes We Make

Join us as we dive into the inner mental worlds that Psychonauts and EarthBound's characters construct. But beware, for the mind holds secrets one might…

May 15, 2022 •

Issue 2.1: Pirates' Creed, Part 1

Everything you know about pirates is... sort of right? But also wrong. Read on, and you'll see what I mean.

Jan 31, 2022 •

Issue 3.7: The Internet of Minds?

A Psychological, Spiritual, and Narrative Analysis of the Collective Unconscious in Video Games, featuring Psychonauts, Control, and the Persona series.

Jun 26, 2022 •

Issue 4.1: Once Upon a Game

An Archaeological Analysis of Heaven's Vault, Breath of the Wild, Outer Wilds, and more!

Sep 11, 2022 •

Issue 1.2: The Clash of the Game-ologies

What the heck are ludology and narratology, and what do they have to say about the nature of video games?

Jan 10, 2022 •

Issue 3.8: Of Sound Game and Mind

An Analysis of Depictions of Mental Illness in Video Games. Reader discretion advised.

Jul 3, 2022 •

Issue 3.4: The Shadows We Cast

An in-depth psychological and narrative analysis of the Shadow Archetype in video games. Every human has a violent, antisocial, and "dark" side—one we…

May 22, 2022 •

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