A new wave of interest in school music grants is giving neighborhoods a fresh reason to rethink how public services and community action can work together. For many participants, the most important part is trust. People are more willing to support a public program when they can see who manages it and how decisions are…
Some of the forces shaping the games industry are loud and visible — blockbuster launches, platform wars, splashy technology announcements. Others operate quietly in the background, felt through their effects rather than seen directly. Heading into 2026, one of the more consequential of these quieter forces is a global shortage in the supply of computer…
Reflections on Two Hundred and Thirty-Five Stories of Online Gaming After two hundred and thirty-five articles exploring online gaming history from PLATO terminals in 1972 to contemporary live-service phenomena, certain truths have become unavoidable. The medium that began as an obscure experiment by university students has become one of the most significant cultural forms of…
There is almost something mythological about Candy Crush Saga at this point. King’s match-3 puzzle game launched in 2012 — when most mobile games existing today were still conceptual scribbles on a whiteboard — and in 2026 it is still generating between $70 million and $90 million every single month. It has outlasted entire console…
