Reactor • 27th March 2024 Arkady Martine in Singapore: On Sci-Fi City Planning and What Makes a "City of the Future" A discussion of futuristic cities and architecture as inspiration for science fiction.
The Verge • 26th March 2024 Dragon’s Dogma 2’s lovable pawns make it an adventure worth fighting for The sequel to Capcom’s action RPG is big and chaotic, but the companion characters are what make it all work.
The Verge • 26th February 2024 Flop rock: inside the underground floppy disk music scene Floppy disks are facing extinction, but musicians are still pumping out DIY music projects.
Reactor • 21st February 2024 An Uneven Look at the Future and A.I.: Convergence Problems by Wole Talabi A review of Wole Talabi’s latest short story collection.
The Verge • 14th February 2024 Downpour is a new app that turns your photos into games The mobile app launches on March 6th, and its drag-and-drop interface is delightfully quick and accessible.
Artsy • 28th December 2023 8 Asian Women Artists Turning Folklore into Sci-Fi Visions Many iconic moments in Western science fiction are visions of hyper-masculine conquest, imbued with orientalist overtones that often depict “the East” as an arcane, unknowable world.
Polygon • 24th December 2023 I spent 3 nights at Nintendo’s original HQ The hotel poses a question: Who will preserve Nintendo’s legacy in the same way?
Tor • 5th December 2023 Review: Malarkoi by Alex Pheby There are few things greater in fiction than the annihilation of the magical boy trope, which is only one of many exquisite things about Alex Pheby’s Cities of the Weft trilogy.
Tor • 13th November 2023 Review: Brainwyrms by Alison Rumfitt Brainwyrms isn’t just the story of Frankie and Vanya—two woefully broken people who take refuge in a fragile relationship...
Eurogamer • 30th October 2023 Alan Wake 2 review - incredible style, overbearing writing Horror show.
Polygon • 22nd October 2023 Poirot’s genius eludes the new Murder on the Orient Express game A puzzle-filled Agatha Christie adaptation makes a few puzzling choices
The Verge • 20th October 2023 Pokémon Sleep helped me catch ’em all — all the z’s, that is The mobile app isn’t for everyone, but for one insomniac, Pikachu and Snorlax made a big difference.
Tor • 18th October 2023 Review: The World Wasn't Ready for You by Justin C. Key Treading neatly between body horror, surveillance-state science fiction, and existential dread, Justin C. Key’s debut short story collection The World Wasn’t Ready For You is an unassuming portal to a much stranger, slyer world.
Eurogamer • 12th October 2023 Star Trek: Infinite review - it's a good day to wait for mods Captain's slog.
PC Gamer • 15th September 2023 The Making of Karateka The Making of Karateka is great. The entire industry developing docugames just like it would be even better.
Eurogamer • 7th September 2023 Goodbye Volcano High review - killer tunes soundtrack a teen drama for the ages Sonic youth.
Eurogamer • 17th August 2023 The Cosmic Wheel Sisterhood review - dealing a powerful hand Charm in spades.
Tor • 15th August 2023 Review: More Perfect by Temi Oh Reading dystopian hypersurveillance fiction is always uncomfortably personal for me because it’s already a present-day reality in a lot of cities...
Polygon • 25th July 2023 In spacefaring management sim The Banished Vault, no one can hear me scream For these exiled monks, the Gloom is the little death that brings total obliteration
Polygon • 7th June 2023 Diablo 4’s onslaught of MMO features hints at a questionable live-service future The writing has improved, but the organic tension has largely evaporated
The Verge • 30th May 2023 Yellowjackets’ excellent cast pulls it through an uneven second season The cannibal soccer show leans a little too hard on nostalgia as it gets increasingly complex.
Polygon • 30th May 2023 Diablo 4 activates and frustrates my lizard brain More busywork doesn’t lessen the series-signature lootfest appeal