The year’s weirdest game is hard to explain and even harder to put down
Titanium Court is a seemingly confusing mixture of many different genres. I can’t get enough.
Allison Mick's Humboldt Cut Is Ambitious and Full of Personality
"A rich feast of dark comedy, horror, historical drama, and eco-surrealism"
After a few hours with this sequel to an extraordinary, IGF award-winning indie game, I can tell you the vibes so far are transcendent
Time and punishment.
Esoteric Ebb review - camp and cutting political comedy in a D&D Disco Elysium wrapper
Flow state.
Boarding School Trouble and Trauma: Spoiled Milk by Avery Curran
Alexis Ong reviews "a must-read for boarding school fiction junkies."
Theodora Goss’s Excellent Letters From an Imaginary Country Explores Genre, Gender Politics, and Identity - Reactor
Alexis Ong reviews a "thoroughly inspiring, beautifully written corpus on the possibilities and politics of place."
The developers behind a hit sausage-dueling game hope Steam launch will take it furter
Already a hit in Japan, the oddball Sausage Legend is primed to go global.
Agatha Christie's Death on the Nile review - it's just fine
Hercule as a cucumber.
Death Stranding 2 is the World's Fair we deserve
On the ground at the World Expo in Osaka, with Hideo Kojima's game of global connections on the mind.
The New You Begins: A Thousand Natural Shocks by Omar Hussain
This review of Omar Hussain's new thriller begins in 3, 2, 1…
Sayaka Murata's Vanishing World Might Give You Nightmares
Vanishing world is set in a version of Japan where sex between married couples has vanished and all children are born by artificial insemination.
A Medieval Myth: Once Was Willem by M.R. Carey
A dark medieval fantasy full of twisted folklore, macabre magic, and the strangest of found families…
Yellowjackets continues to stretch itself thin in season 3
The teen survival show may have bitten off more than it can chew.
Waterblack by Alex Pheby Is a Remarkably Self-Aware Series Finale
A review of Alex Pheby’s new fantasy novel
To build something that outlasts the present: a Review of Memory Piece by Lisa Ko
My struggle with Memory Piece began with turning a slow and uncomfortable eye toward my own..
Beautifully Understated, Effortlessly Atmospheric: Pink Slime by Fernanda Trías
Pink Slime unfolds in my hands with a customary string of lively blurbs, one invoking the well-worn name of J.G. Ballard...
Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree DLC review
Tarnished.
An Evocative, Surreal Debut: Mouth by Puloma Ghosh
A review of Puloma Ghosh's new short story collection.
1000xResist review - a deeply personal exploration of diaspora politics and psychology
Sister act.
Revisiting the first video game websites from the dark ages
"It's a bit of a lost art..."
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.
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.
Flop rock: inside the underground floppy disk music scene
Floppy disks are facing extinction, but musicians are still pumping out DIY music projects.
An Uneven Look at the Future and A.I.: Convergence Problems by Wole Talabi
A review of Wole Talabi’s latest short story collection.
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