Jonathan Gourlay stops reading books. This is what happens to him.

Jonathan Gourlay’s daughter has locked herself away, hidden from the dangers of the world, in Minecraft.

Parvulus Clamans (Jonathan Gourlay), a pitiable little man, pretends to be someone he is not and (of course!) fails.

Jonathan Gourlay loves every train, simulated or real, with the exception of the one in Atlas Shrugged.

Jonathan Gourlay finds the notebooks of a character from Magicka and an existential psychoanalyst.

The Consolation of Philosophy: a text adventure by Jonathan Gourlay.

Jonathan Gourlay plays Bulletstorm, which causes an ejaculatory explosion of memories, nightmares, and Fox News pundits.

Jonathan Gourlay explores Minecraft, an ugly game with no point and endless possibility.

Playing a first-person shooter set in Vietnam, Jonathan Gourlay learns that he doesn’t have to take any responsibility for war, just like Senator Mitch McConnell.

Jonathan Gourlay plays the game Braid, a platformer about time travel and regret.

Who needs Kierkegaard or Sartre when you have Civilization 5? Jonathan Gourlay thinks about videogames as modern philosophical texts.