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.
Diablo 4 activates and frustrates my lizard brain
More busywork doesn’t lessen the series-signature lootfest appeal
A trip to Dyson’s dirt-filled, germ-obsessed world
Dyson invited me to spend two days inside its hyper-clean universe to see what’s next and why it’s trying to scrub every hidden bit of filth from our homes.
Plugged in and logged on: a history of the internet on film and TV
From Hackers to the X-Files, being online has long been depicted as a deliberate, physical act on screen.
Diet Culture Dystopia: The Thick and the Lean by Chana Porter
The most immediately noticeable thing about Chana Porter’s The Thick and the Lean, particularly for a reader who had...
Age of Wonders 4 lets you build high-fantasy civilizations — at a cost
The long-awaited sequel teeters too far into RPG narratives to be a truly great 4X game
Coffee Talk Episode 2: Hibiscus and Butterfly review - a little less refined than the original blend
Here's the tea.
Yellowjackets season 2 is more of an appetizer than a feast
The gruesome mystery returns, but it’s lacking some of the punch that made the first season so potent.
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Arctic survival sim The Pale Beyond is as messy as it is compelling
Following in the footsteps of The Terror
Playdate’s failure to launch in Malaysia
The tiny handheld was manufactured in Southeast Asia, but the realities of global shipping have kept it out of the hands of local gamers.lty, nostalgia, creative experimentation, and a return t
The real fantasy in Final Fantasy XIV is owning a damn house
Finding a place to call your own in Eorzea is a bureaucratic nightmare.
Games of 2022: Betrayal at Club Low was the best examination of the weird world of working
All the trimmings.
2022 was a stellar year for adventure games
Pointing and clicking our way to nirvana.
How one writer became the core of early Apple II culture
Softalk magazine helped the idea of everyday computer entertainment—and games—to flourish.
God of War Ragnarök feels trapped between great design and blockbuster movies
The results are captivating and inconsistent
The Case of the Golden Idol review - model murder mystery mayhem
We didn't start the satire.
Book Review: Mizuki Tsujimura’s Lonely Castle in the Mirror
The easy and well-adjusted adult thing to say is that Lonely Castle in the Mirror is the book I needed when I was a teenager...
Amazon’s The Peripheral turns a piercing William Gibson novel into generic sci-fi
The new adaptation waters down the book’s bite in favor of more straightforward action
Acronym casts a long shadow over cyberpunk fashion
The inspirations behind the techwear seen in games like Death Stranding often come from the same place
For ‘The Midnight Club’ Author, This Netflix Moment Is Long Overdue
Teens have loved Christopher Pike’s horror novels for decades. But it took Mike Flanagan bringing those stories to Netflix to help convince Pike of his own popularity.
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