Selected pop articles – for more, check my muckrack

on video games

Video Games Are a New Propaganda Machine for Iran

How Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is affecting developers like Frogwares

The joy of being a quadruple agent in The Invisible Guardian

How the Prince of Persia can finally speak Persian

Exploring the new world of Chinese FMV games

on tabletop games

As Iranian youths protest, cafes filled with board games and D&D provide community

Exploring Sword World, Japan’s answer to Dungeons & Dragons from the studio behind the Elden Ring tabletop RPG

Jubensha: the mix of Cluedo, Werewolf and LARP that became a Chinese phenomenon

on politics and social issues

The secret gay neighborhood inside Tehran

The paradoxical queer history of Iran

Here’s Why Despite Netanyahu’s Pleas Iranians Aren’t Rising Up

Is Iran an Antisemitic ‘Nazi Regime’?

Why Iranian Students Are Chanting ‘Death to Palestine’

on literature and culture

A Brief History of Persian Sci-Fi

Searching for Iranian home comforts in the heart of Tokyo