The original Zork was released back in 1977. This was a good six years before Japan got to play with the NES, and it was the ...

This month's LCGC Blog from Jonnie Shackman from the America Chemical Society (ACS) reflects on how early experiences with computer programming shaped the author’s understanding of fundamental logic, ...

Microsoft, Team Xbox, and Activision have done an interesting service to game preservation this week. The trio have compiled and made open source the entirety of the classic Zork text-based adventure ...

All the Latest Game Footage and Images from Text Adventure Engine Explore the digital realm of DOS in this retro game engine, with heroes like Chicken Boy! Or create your very own text-based DOS ...

What does a finger puppet show, a congkak-making workshop and a life-sized chessboard have in common? Well, they’re just a few highlights at the Asian Civilisations Museum’s ACM Adventures: Game On!, ...

Assistant Teaching Professor of Global Arts, Media and Writing Studies, University of California, Merced Ordinary and universal, the act of writing changes the brain. From dashing off a heated text ...

My PCMag career began in 2013 as an intern. Now, I'm a senior writer, using the skills I acquired at Northwestern University to write about dating apps, meal kits, programming software, website ...

There are different periods of my life that I heavily associate with specific games or even types of genres. My early college years were absolutely dominated by detective visual novels, a type of game ...

Preservation has become a pressing topic for games in this era of digital-only releases and games-as-a-service. So it's wonderful to have a big win in archiving a trio of seminal text games for the ...

Fix up an old house, make the yard nice, grow your own crops, and become self-sufficient. View the cherry blossoms in the spring; Attend the festival in the summer; Eat roasted sweet potatoes in the ...

"Your focus is on survival. The world reacts to how you move through it. Walk loudly, ignore your needs, or rush through the ...

Sony has revealed the final batch of PlayStation Plus Monthly Games for 2025. This time around, you’ll be able to add five games to your library instead of the usual three. As ever, you’ll retain ...