Phoenix

An Atlantic Canadian cryptid who subsists off of pastries, games, and SFF books. She also writes a lot of games criticism for various publications, most notably Unwinnable and Paste Games.

Home is not an Enclosure - A Reflection

Mar 4, 2026 6 min read 24 Killers

The polluted island setting of 24 Killers is an effective microcosm for what the interrelationship of home and community could be like. The driver for this speculation is the game's absurdism.

IF's Retrofuturist Roots

Nov 4, 2025 9 min read

Amping up retro technological friction encourages the player to decipher an IF game's interface as if it is an alien device with its own "emotional language".

A Conversation with Nathalie Lawhead

Sep 22, 2025 26 min read IF issue

Nathalie Lawhead joined us on Zoom to talk about their work, interactive fiction, internet subcultures, social media and lots more.

Killing Interactive Art…and Loving It!

Jun 25, 2025 6 min read Anthology of the Killer

At its core, AOTK has an anti-establishment philosophy, much like the avant garde. Especially with its penchant for remixing, and therefore subverting, bourgeois expectations of art objects and texts...

An Interview With SEQUENCEBREAK// Curator Nilson Carroll

Jun 4, 2025 7 min read Anthology of the Killer

SEQUENCEBREAK// is an in-person exhibit of "artist's games," showing until June 28, 2025 at the Visual Studies Workshop in Rochester, New York. It includes work by Stephen Gillmurphy (thecatamites,