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Games, worlds and interactive culture.

Explore games as culture, craft and shared experience, from the people making them to the communities that keep playing.

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Beyond the screen

A world built through play

Rules and stories shape the way a game feels.

The craft behind a good mechanic

Small interactions can change an entire experience.

Why people keep coming back

Community and memory can become part of the game.

Feed

Discover current stories.

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Picks

Editorial selections.

Old Skool Cafe — youth-run jazz club in San Francisco

Old Skool Cafe: A Jazz-Themed Supper Club with a Purpose

A concrete example of community through training, food and jazz. Checked against Old Skool Cafe’s own account at https://www.oldskoolcafe.org/about.

Old Skool — accessories for classic and current consoles

Old Skool sells accessories for classic and current game consoles.

Accessories offer a practical route into classic consoles; checked against the manufacturer’s catalogue: https://www.oldskoolgames.com/.

dm product testing — how participation works

The dm product-testing platform lets registered users apply for individual product tests and submit feedback.

A concrete product-testing process, without promising selection. Original source: https://produkttester.dm.de/.

Libs

Find knowledge by content type.

  • Review

    Hands-on assessments that weigh a product or service against consistent, transparent criteria, spelling out strengths and weaknesses…

  • Checklist

    Structured step lists for multi-part tasks, built to be worked through in order and ticked off one point at a time as work gets done.

  • How-to

    Step-by-step content for a single process: a clear, ordered sequence and one concrete result, without detours into background knowledge.

  • Guide

    Broader topic orientation: a guide weighs options against each other and explains how things connect, not just a single fixed process.

  • Comparison

    A direct, side-by-side look at multiple options judged against the same criteria, so differences stand out instead of staying scattered.

  • Wiki

    The Wiki type is a page that stays editable: a shared reference that is meant to be corrected, not a one-shot article.

  • Study

    Systematic research with a clearly disclosed method, answering a defined question with data and placing the resulting findings in context.

Market

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