Gameplayarts is an email newsletter interviewing people who build and preserve game-based art, from arcade venue owners to media conservators. Each issue offers long-form, conversational interviews with practical detail on running spaces, legal rights, and digital preservation.
Website: https://www.gameplayarts.org/
A personal, reflective newsletter by Megan Bidmead that uses games and pop culture as a way into essays on nostalgia, parenting, memory and everyday feelings. Readers get warm, candid writing about why stories matter, with the games and music serving as starting points rather than the main subject.
Austin Walker's newsletter mixes personal updates with criticism of indie games, such as his thoughts on the Umurangi Generation makers' Penguin Colony. It also tracks the Kickstarter and design process behind his tabletop RPG Realis.
Tim Broddin writes a personal newsletter about making digital products with AI assistance, such as his children's times-table app and a 3D VRT office simulator game. Recent issues mix candid reflections on burnout and overstimulation with behind-the-scenes notes on his creative process.
CASCADE CASCADE is a print and web magazine about the trading card game community, with a focus on Magic: The Gathering culture, design, and history. Recent issues announce a larger print edition with long-form features and share personal essays on friendship and playing card games as adults.
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