Near the road, listening to campfire blues. Someone’s guitar gently weeps as fellow wanderers shut their eyes. Irradiated monsters await nearby yet nothing matters now but this safe space of camaraderie.…
My first outings with videogames were memorable but far from profound. Most Argentine children of my generation grew up with the Family Game, a cheap Nintendo emulator made in China.…
Ocarina of Time has such a soothing opening. Link is woken from his slumber by a hyperactive fairy named Navi who claims he’s been summoned by the Great Deku Tree.…
Editor’s Note: This article was originally published March 28, 2017. As a teenager, I felt I would never age. Yet I also knew I would, and more than that, I…
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We wake up in a decaying train, aisles littered with trash and crimson seats blackened by overuse. We soon arrive at an old station and emerge into an Eastern European…
I open my eyes to the brute fact of morning. My smartphone vibrates next to me. Time to leave for work. But first I have to shower; get dressed; make…