The 2021 Short List
Winner:
People Make Games
See: How Game Publishers Buy Crunch Overseas
Investigation: How Roblox is Exploiting Young Game Developers
Megan Farokhmanesh
See: Game Studio Layoffs Mean a Hellish Race Against the Clock for Immigrant Developers
Zoyander Street
See: Pride, Queer Haunting, and Geralt of Rivia’s Itchy Doublet
Renata Price
A Year Later, I Can’t Stop Thinking About Disco Elysium
Kirsten Grind, Ben Fritz, & Sarah E. Needleman
See: Activision CEO Bobby Kotick Knew for Years About Sexual-Misconduct Allegations at Videogame Giant