Sidetracking: A Rant on Optional Missions
The struggle to find meaningful experiences amongst a sea of fetch quests “Can you help me find my sword? I dropped it in a cave while I was searching for…
Essays and feature articles about games and game culture. Including experimental game reviews and other unconventional freeform writings
The struggle to find meaningful experiences amongst a sea of fetch quests “Can you help me find my sword? I dropped it in a cave while I was searching for…
An overview of a boardgame with developer #Q&A “Hautausmaan Henget” (eng. Spirits of the Graveyard) is a board game in development, and currently it is designed for 3 to 4…
Now that the year 2017 has passed into history, its time to welcome the new year and the wonderful games it will bring. Some of our authors at PlayLab! Magazine have put together a list of their individual best games of 2017.
“Nothing is true, everything is permitted” is a good creed for a videogame. Not so much for #AssassinsCreed the movie.
Larping upstairs and downstairs in an English manor.
2018 is going to be an interesting year for gaming. As the end of 2017 is drawing closer, this is a good opportunity to take a look into the future…
The Boxer- kaupunkipakopeli oli hauskaa pulmanratkontaa ulkoilmassa mutta ongelmilta ei vältytty.
Online communities can be as real as in ”real life” - Case plushie blogger’s community on Instagram
Esoteric journey to the center of the multiverse #planescape #torment #review
Game design as adversarial, critical and even comical.
So in hindsight, maybe it wasn't really a good idea to have a non-Finnish person cover a predominantly Finnish speaking event. That said, Checkpoint is a ton of good stuff jam packed into a 2-day event.
Talking eSports, Twitch and kappa at Spectating Play 2017.
The soundtrack of Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance is much more than just palatable background noise.
Lautapelikahvila Taverna tarjoaa laajan valikoiman pelejä, maistuvaa purtavaa ja leppoisaa tunnelmaa.
Dark Souls 2: Scholar Of The First Sin presents a new way to remix a game’s play experience.
Something old, something new: Two unusual racing controllers go head-to-head!
The Nordic larp conference turned 20. This is how it was.
Become a king by your own hand in this great Conan tabletop rpg
If the true protagonist of an open-world game is its setting, then Portland is GTA III's crown jewel.
Best is of course, always a slightly subjective term as everyone has their own preferences. Therefore these are totally objectively the best games released in 2016. Or at least they…