Gearing Up for an Epic 2016

Help Us Grow in the Coming Year!

An Enigmatic Box of Stories

A Conversation with the Writers of Katawa Shoujo

How much of life today is like a visual novel? According to Hiroki Azuma, the “philosopher of otaku”, very much — contemporary life narratives are to be unlocked and…

Performance Art in the Age of Digital Reproduction

A Conversation with Performance Artist Ipek Koprulu

Digital technologies have fundamentally altered the way we view spaces, presence, and interaction. How is this change reflected in…

Narrative Design Halloween Special: Terror and Taboo

Or, The Evolution of Horror Fiction and Its Cultural Message

Is Reality the New Fiction?

A Conversation on the Future of Journalism with Claudine Boeglin

With the increasing ubiquity of data and immersive storytelling technologies, what does the future of journalism look like?

Social Networks and Their Discontents

A conversation with Media Theorist Jacob Johanssen

People often say that social networks connect us with one another and thus create less alienation in society. But is that really the case?

Finding Your Weapons of Mass Distribution

A Conversation with Context Hacker Johannes Grenzfurthner

Artists of all kinds want to be subversive. But is that enough? How does one really get their disruptive message across?

Behind the Minds of Great Storytellers

A Conversation in Audio and Comics