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Topic: Video Games

Arcane (Netflix)

Arcane shows issues dating pro-Trumpers

Matthew Rozsa
Quad Gods (HBO)

The disability esports team on a mission

Gary M. Kramer
Depressed woman in bed with hand on forehead (Getty/ Martin Dimitrov)

How "time-wasting" can help depression

Matthew Rozsa
Pedro Pascal and Bella Ramsey in "The Last of Us" (HBO)

Last of Us bosses on finale and Season 2

Melanie McFarland
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Pedro Pascal in "The Last of Us." (Liane Hentscher/HBO)

HBO's harrowing yet hopeful "Last of Us"

Melanie McFarland
Pedro Pascal in "The Last of Us" (Liane Hentscher/HBO)

Gamers versus HBO's "The Last of Us"

Troy Farah
Elegant senior woman walking dog and checking smartphone in park (Getty Images/wundervisuals)

How gaming can support positive aging

Larissa Hjorth - The Conversation
Stray (Courtesy of Annapurna Interactive)

"Stray" and why we fancy being a cat

Alison Stine
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Kids playing with handheld video games in the library (Getty Images/Andy Ryan)

Are video games good for kids?

Matthew Rozsa
Life Is Strange (Square Enix)

The lure of emotionally complex games

Caren Chesler - Undark
Kim Joo-ryung as Han Mi-nyeo in "Squid Game" (Netflix/YOUNGKYU PARK)

The Squid Gamer harassed by fans

Trish Rooney
Stella in her boat in "Spiritfarer" (Thunder Lotus Games)

Ghosts who grieve in video games

Michelle Eigenheer
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Stardew Valley farm in the the evening (ConcernedApe)

My double life as a virtual jam artisan

Ashlie D. Stevens
Wallace Lane and his son (Photo courtesy of the author)

How racism found my son on Fortnite

Wallace Lane
Teenage friends playing video game in an amusement arcade (Getty Images)

Gaming: a salve for teens’ STD woes?

Claudia Lopez Lloreda - Undark
(Rocky Luten / Food52)

This game about growing rice is peaceful

Jess Kapadia - Food52
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Pig | Video Games (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Pigs are gamers now

Matthew Rozsa
(Photo illustration by Salon/Cardboard Computer)

"Kentucky Route Zero": A masterpiece

Keith A. Spencer
Screenshot from Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's Twitch stream, playing Among Us (Twitch/Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez)

AOC's historic Twitch stream

Matthew Rozsa
A face mask chessboard, and prison bars (Illustration by Ilana Lidagoster/Salon)

Chess takes over the video game world

Ilya Brookwell - The Conversation
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High Score (Netflix)

The unsung heroes of video game history

Ashlie D. Stevens
Two women playing a video game on a tv screen (Getty Images/Hinterhaus Productions)

10 chill video games for relaxation

Ashlie D. Stevens, Hanh Nguyen
Gamer concept image (Getty Images)

Should we be playing video games now?

Alexander Kriss
Animal Crossing (Nintendo/Nicole Clark)

Animal Crossing gives structure we crave

Nicole Clark
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