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A beautiful, idyllic farm. (The Stanford Daily)

What Stardew Valley taught me about pursuing the Good Life

Ocheze Amuzie
  •  
Dec. 4
The Grind
A graphic of a Nintendo Switch with a heart in the middle.

Nintendo’s Switch 2 is cause for gamer optimism

Sebastian Strawser
  •  
April 10
The Grind
When we move away from home, we sometimes forget about the worlds changing beyond our own. (Graphic: LINDEN HANSEN/The Stanford Daily)

Overheard at Stanford: “Our worlds are just part of a larger world”

Linden Hansen
  •  
Jan. 21
Screen
Screenshot of cover of book cover "Play Nice" by Jason Schrier

‘Play Nice’: Bloomberg video game journalist broadcasts Blizzard Entertainment drama

Charlotte Burks
  •  
Oct. 21, 2024
Screen
A table with monitors, displaying Super Smash Bros. title. and members of the group playing titular game

Stanford’s ‘Smash Bros’ find community in combat 

Mark Allen Cu
  •  
Feb. 19, 2024
Music
A happy, pink cartoon heart listening to romantic music through earbuds and holding a phone in from of a light blue background.

Tuned in to love: Best Valentine’s Day tracks

Cate Burtner, Hana Dao, Ribka Desta, Dan Kubota, Charlotte Kearns, Emma Kexin Wang, Amistad Vanegas, Erin Ye, Anthony Martinez Rosales and Sarayu Pai
  •  
Feb. 13, 2024
Science & Technology
Computer screen showing video game on a table

AI Lab celebrates 50th anniversary of Intergalactic ‘Spacewar!’ Olympics

Ananya Udaygiri
  •  
Oct. 21, 2022
Arts & Life
A drawing of a calico cat — colored orange, black, white — with a blue bow on its neck. The cat sits in front of a blue brushed background.

‘Stray’ — a cat-egorically adorable, if flawed, experience

Aaron Ong
  •  
Sept. 26, 2022
Arts & Life
A close up view of a transparent video game controller, held with two hands. In the background is a TV

Q&A: Stanford esports players speak on how they avoid burnout

Joseph Kim
  •  
June 1, 2022
Video Games
Screenshots of the application screens.

Stanford escape room with an outdoor twist

Kristel Tjandra
  •  
June 22, 2021
The Grind
Pictures from sophomore Jared Poblete's birthday celebration in Animal Crossing. (Courtesy of Jared Poblete)

Toward virtual utopia: In conversation with gamers

Sanjana Friedman
  •  
April 19, 2021
Humor
Naroditsky left a legacy of chess mastery and education in the eyes of all who knew and loved him.(Photo: JOSUÉ SOTO/unsplash.com)

But, like, how good is chess ACTUALLY?

Michelle Fu
  •  
April 8, 2021
Arts & Life
(Graphic: Innersloth)

Newest ‘Among Us’ update makes for more exciting gameplay

Dax Duong
  •  
Nov. 19, 2020
Video Games
Five agents stand against a vivid red background. The word "Valorant" is plastered across them.

The best part about ‘Valorant’? Its potential.

Michael Espinosa
  •  
Sept. 1, 2020
Arts & Life
The logo for ‘Tick Tock: A Tale for Two,’ set against a black background (Photo: Other Tales Interactive)

‘Tick Tock: A Tale for Two’ (people who are separated because of COVID-19)

Dax Duong
  •  
May 31, 2020
Arts & Life
(Graphic: NOAH DEWALD/The Stanford Daily)

Games to play in quarantine: ‘Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup’

Noah DeWald
  •  
May 22, 2020
Arts & Life
The Oval at twilight (Photo: MICHAEL BYUN/The Stanford Daily)

Building campus in Minecraft, block by block

Michael Byun
  •  
May 11, 2020
Arts & Life
'Fallout 4' follows the messianic Sole Survivor two hundred years after the fictional 'Great War' devastates the United States. (Photo: Bethesda Game Studios)

No good solution in ‘Fallout 4’

Noah Howard
  •  
May 7, 2020
Arts & Life
(Graphic: NOAH DEWALD/The Stanford Daily)

Games to play in quarantine: ‘Cave Story’

Noah DeWald
  •  
April 29, 2020
Arts & Life
Courtesy of Nintendo

The cult of ‘Animal Crossing: New Horizons’

Julie Fukunaga
  •  
April 27, 2020
The Stanford Daily

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