Over the last decade, long-form video essays have grown in popularity — arguably entering into a boom all their own. Viewers can easily look up a video essay on just about any topic they’d like to, ...

Jacob Geller's video essays dwell on art, literature, and video games. He's publishing a new book collecting his essays ...

Conversations surrounding how video games shape cultural identity filled a room in Denney Hall this past Thursday. A talk entitled “Race, Queerness, and Gaming while Asian” was presented by Edmond Y.

As if the 20-year-old classic The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time needed more points to add to its GOAT status, a new video essay by Javed L Sterritt on his YouTube channel Good Blood provides an ...

Looking at the year’s notable video essays, many grapple with issues at the heart of contemporary media itself. There are dissections of video-playing tools, exposés of how corporations restrict ...

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A screenshot from Animal Crossing: New Horizons. In Animal Crossing: New Horizons, Nintendo’s recently released life simulator, every day is full of opportunity. As the sun rises on a quiet island ...

Whenever I’m not sitting in front of my laptop writing or reviewing video games and anime, I’m sitting in front of my laptop watching YouTube video essays. My eye doctor is worried, but we’re not here ...

Most YouTube essays about video games dig into a single popular title. Some bring together a bundle of games to unpack a trend in design or culture. Noah Caldwell-Gervais’s latest critique takes on ...

Last week we told you about YouTube erroneously removing a video essay from content creator Volt4Holt’s channel. It was a two-hour-long discussion of the gruelingly difficult and upsetting horror game ...

Handheld electronic games were the big hit at the beginning of the 1980s, when every kid wanted a small portable plastic device for playing video games wherever and whenever he or she wanted. Hundreds ...

Instead, check out these games that are more critical of work and optimization. A screenshot from Animal Crossing: New Horizons. In Animal Crossing: New Horizons, Nintendo’s recently released life ...