I finally have a new Lo-Fi Let’s Play for you this week: It’s on the 1986 Labyrinth game, about the excellent fantasy film of the same name. David Bowie is in this Let’s Play, you have no excuse not to watch! I can’t believe I forgot to mention it also has input from the great Douglas Adams (thanks for the reminder, LabyrinthWiki!)

I also wax meditative on what the themes of the movie meant to me, if you’re interested in some analysis of girlhood and fantasy worlds.

I also have some new articles this week I’d love for you to see: In “Suffering from Realness,” I look at games about Kanye West, with a focus on two fascinating (and fundamentally opposite) ones. In the Guardian, I profile Rachel Weil, a fascinating artist and critic whose work in the vintage game collection scene led her to create an alternate history of nostalgic video games — one where the pink and girly are valuable and important.

I also interviewed Jonathan Blow about The Witness. I am afraid to ask him questions like “what does it mean,” but I go ahead and do it anyway.