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Dec
04
Astrolabe Digest: 120423

Astrolabe Digest: 120423

YouTube plagiarism, how a 17 year old convinced Nintendo to go 3D, and nitty gritty Hugo ballot stats
5 min read
Nov
24
Black Friday Astrolabe Sale!

Black Friday Astrolabe Sale!

Support a year of Astrolabe at 50% off! Just $2.50/month
1 min read
Nov
22
2023 Holiday Gift Guide for Geeks!

2023 Holiday Gift Guide for Geeks!

A gift for every nerd on your list! Books! Video Games! D&D! A... basketball?
16 min read
Nov
20
Astrolabe Fiction: Youngblood

Astrolabe Fiction: Youngblood

LOST 🏝️ meets Jurassic Park 🦖 fueled by the Dead Kennedys 🤘🏻
21 min read
Nov
07
Astrolabe Digest: 110723

Astrolabe Digest: 110723

Worker-owned websites are here to save games media, summer vacations, and pronoun meltdowns
5 min read
Nov
01
Astrolabe 35: Is 2023 the best year in video game history? Or the worst?

Astrolabe 35: Is 2023 the best year in video game history? Or the worst?

Fuck capitalism. Oh, and handheld gaming rules.
15 min read
Oct
06

VGHW Excerpt: How Kazuko Shibuya's survived the "end times" and changed pixel art forever

"Gamer Girls" author Mary Kenney explores the Shibuya's groundbreaking work, the end of the end times, and the creative freedom of technical limitations
11 min read
Oct
06

VGHW Feature: And that's how you get “Shigeru Miyamoto once tried to make a Donkey Kong dating sim.”

Monster Kids author Daniel Dockery digs into the realities of writing video game history
5 min read
Oct
05

VGHW Feature: 13 Books for Japanese RPG fans

From Final Fantasy to NieR, Suikoden to Xenosaga, there's a great book for every kind of RPG lover
9 min read
Oct
05

VGHW Feature: Retro eight-bit RPG storytelling, but make it super gay.

How this award-winning SFF writer is turned to retro video games for his next story
4 min read