I can feel them. The pressure builds relentlessly like a faucet turned on with the handle removed. It races toward an inevitable outcome,...

Two men from very different walks of life each find themselves at risk of dying in the same hospital room at the tail end of the second world war. They seem unlikely friends, but perhaps they are bound by something more than their suffering.

Roger Caillois once redefined the field of ludology and devised two systems to categorise the types of play and game he saw in the world. Since that day, a little medium, the videogame, has shown up, and countless ludologists have studied, reviewed, expanded upon and/or critiqued Caillois' original works. So today I take a look at what Caillois originally said through the lens of modern games, and explore the more recent takes on his definitions and categories.

A flash back to Cody and Austin at an earlier time in their relationship, when things were still a little rocky, and both were healing.

The low hum of the glass against Cody’s forehead was comforting. Combined with the soft tunes delivered from Spotify to his...

Kieran finally gets some answers.

It was truly a Melbourne winter’s morning when Miss Aileen McInerney found herself hesitating on her front step. Rocking on the balls of...

Kieran shivered as he walked home. His footy singlet and basketball shorts weren’t made for this weather. All around him the chill wind...

Kieran and Nate are separated. They each decide to go to Kieran's mum for help.

Meet Kieran and Nate - ordinary kids from an ordinary town.