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How a small games magazine thinks: catalogues, playtests, shared screens and the long life of browser games.
Why a catalogue beats a feedA feed optimises for the next scroll. A catalogue optimises for the next decision. Only one of them respects your evening.13 Oct 2026 · 5 min readThe five-minute test every entry must passOur review process is unromantic on purpose: open, time, play, decide.10 Oct 2026 · 4 min readOne screen, two people: the shared-device manualThe cheapest multiplayer setup in the world already sits in your pocket.6 Oct 2026 · 4 min readReference codes, and why we file games like documentsSP-047 is not decoration. It is a promise that this entry was checked and can be found again.2 Oct 2026 · 3 min readThin connections and patient pagesNot every reader is on fibre. The magazine is built for the bus, the village and the monsoon.28 Sep 2026 · 4 min readThe case against endless listsTen thousand games is not abundance. It is someone else’s inventory problem, handed to you.24 Sep 2026 · 4 min readHow the Chart stays honestThe most-read list you cannot buy, because it never leaves your browser.20 Sep 2026 · 3 min readA week of front pages: notes from the daily pickSeven midnights, seven picks, zero regret — here is what the calendar chose.16 Sep 2026 · 3 min read