A series of essays that sets out to explore the cosmology of game worlds, covering astral magic and heavenly spheres, demiurgs and demons, black holes and primordial voids, cosmic horror and much more.
Game Cosmology
This is the 6th article in the Video Game Cosmology series. Read the intro here. If you like my work, consider supporting me on Patreon! Content note: This article touches on issues like depression, nihilism and self-destructive urges. It also contains major spoilers for Baldur’s Gate III. In Part
Game Cosmology
This is the 5th article in the Video Game Cosmology series. Read the intro here. If you like my work, consider supporting me on Patreon! Content note: This article touches on issues like depression, nihilism and self-destructive urges. It also contains major spoilers for Baldur’s Gate III. After several
Game Cosmology
This article was originally published by Eurogamer on January 30 2018. This republished version includes some minor changes. Humans have gazed up at the sky and wondered about their place in the cosmos since the very beginning. Do the same in a game like, say, Breath of the Wild, and
Game Cosmology
This is the 4th article in the Video Game Cosmology series. Read the intro here. If you like my work, consider supporting me on Patreon! Spoiler warning for Pentiment. Pentiment’s ambition keeps spilling over the margins of its seemingly humble frame. The entirety of the game’s narrative takes
Game Cosmology
This is the 3rd article in the Video Game Cosmology series. Read the intro here, and the first piece on Gnostic influences in games here. If you like my work, consider supporting me on Patreon! Spoiler warning for NORCO. "My child. I understand that you wish to remain here
Game Cosmology
This is the 2nd article in the Video Game Cosmology series. Read the intro here. If you like my work, consider supporting me on Patreon! Spoiler warning for The Excavation of Hob's Barrow. There's something strange lurking at the heart of The Excavation of Hob'
Game Cosmology
This is the first article in the Video Game Cosmology series. Read the intro here. If you like my work, consider supporting me on Patreon! From the moment we step under Elden Ring’s sky, we spend most of our time in the shadow of the colossal, luminous Erdtree; a
Game Cosmology
This is the intro to the Video Game Cosmology series. If you like my work, consider supporting me on Patreon! Chances are you are reading these words on a machine fixed by gravity to the surface of a planet called Earth. You maybe use that same machine to conjure make-belief
Game Cosmology
This article was originally published by Kotaku UK on October 10 2018. This republished version includes some minor changes. Gwyn, Lord of Cinder and former Lord of Sunlight, sits at the centre of the tangled labyrinth that is Dark Souls. The harmful consequences of his presence spread through every capillary
Game Cosmology
This is a translation of my article “Revolution ohne Ende” which was originally published in WASD 11 “Revolution – Games & Change”. (c) WASD, 11/17. Marked by ruins and the undead, the world of Dark Souls may seem apocalyptic, but the old order is still very much (half-)alive. This