The science of games and people

The premise

Most game writing is review - should you buy this. Most cultural game writing is op-ed - what this game says about the industry. We do neither. Each Tuesday, we publish one piece of close criticism on one new release: how the systems work, what the story is drawing from, what the design does to the player's attention.

The form

A full essay. Between three thousand and five thousand words. One game per issue. The lens is labeled at the top to declare what kind of reading the piece is. Sources are listed at the bottom. There's a pull quote when the argument earns one and a drop cap on the first paragraph because we still believe in those.

The editor

GamesComingOut.com is edited independently. The essays are bylined J. A. Marsh.