Jon Bailes, Author at EGM

January 15, 2020January 15, 2020 by Jon Bailes

Call of the Wild:
How Playing as Animals Can Tell Us More About Ourselves

Beast mode.

November 6, 2019November 5, 2019 by Jon Bailes

The Guilty Pleasures of Video Game Violence Are a Mirror for Our Consumerist Nightmare

In Hotline Miami, Katana Zero, My Friend Pedro, and real life, doing bad things is your fault—even when it isn’t.

August 29, 2019August 28, 2019 by Jon Bailes

Game of Pawns: Power and Agency in Fire Emblem: Three Houses

In a game where you control every detail of your characters’ lives, who controls you?