Games reward creativity: titles like Zelda, Hitman, and MGSV let players solve problems in countless ways. Nonlinear play grows thinking: puzzles and open missions encourage outside-the-box solutions.

Let me first introduce myself and this blog, which is titled Total Brain Workout. I am a professor of anthropology at the University of Toronto, and one of my main areas of cultural research is ...

Tristan Jurkovich began his career as a journalist in 2011. His childhood love of video games and writing fuel his passion for archiving this great medium’s history. He dabbles in every genre, but ...