Games for Change: Can Video Games Promote Mental Health (Literacy)?
How many problems can games solve? With serious games and gamification, the discussion of games has at times turned from ”games are ruining the youth” into ”games might heal the…
The Lore of Taverna: An Interview with One of the Founders of Finland’s First Board Game Café
When I enter Taverna, it is already lively for a Wednesday evening. It is a quiz night, and the person I’m here to interview – Jani Mikkonen – is hosting…
Furnace, Monopoly and the Player Experience of Capitalism
Monopoly (1935), the best known economics-themed game, was originally called ”The Landlord’s Game”, and created to be an educational tool that warns about the dangers of privately owned land. Ironically,…
Itch.io Games as a Tool for Self-Expression and Societal Commentary: Review(s)
I would like to take you on a journey to the land of itch.io’s free games. By “free,” I don’t mean free-to-play – I mean games with no monetization whatsoever.…