Could I ever play Metroid like I read Irving?

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We've passed a big milestone for our digital archive. Let's talk about where our magazine collection is going next...

Resident Evil is the latest reboot and entry in the Resident Evil film franchise. Directed by Zach Cregger and co-written by Cregger and Shay Hatten, this film follows Austin Abrams as Bryan, a medica...

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One of the remarkable sources of humor in Zach Cregger’s Resident Evil are his mostly moronic characters and their gleeful abuse by the film. Austin Abrams as our lead Bryan and two others stuck out t...

The problem is that Dhalmekia — the only non-white nation in the base game — is all surface, no substance.

Each episode Ben Verschoor and Steven Santana will talk about a contemporary release and then two related repertory screenings. The relation can be as thin as possible or explicitly obvious.

A service industry adventure with an apocalyptic flavor. A manic genre mashup told across two broken realities. Step through the cracks: find your Exit.

A spotlight on a photo gallery from our new E3 collections, documenting every corner of 2009's biggest gaming event.

In Killing Spree, the poet Jorie Graham pursues an essentially ethical impulse to find a true language for the evil in the world.

Coyote vs. Acme is a 2026 live action and animated hybrid comedy film based on a 1990 New Yorker article of the same name by Ian Frazier. Directed by Dave Green and screenplay by Samy Burch, this film...

This infamous dive hasn’t ascended; it’s only dug itself deeper. And we love that.

Welcome back readers. There’s just one day left to get your entry in for our Friendslop Jam! Stay tuned for the issue compiling the submissions. Even with all of that participation (we love t…

Is Final Fantasy VII Remake secretly The Taming of the Shrew?

Two tracks in particular are key to unlocking the emotional beats of Harry’s story, and especially move me: “Instrument of Surrender” and “Detective Arriving on the Scene.”

Like basically everyone who has ever played a video game, I have a backlog. Technically multiple backlogs, if you count the unplayed games on consoles and various Non-Gamer Tech Devices like phones…

Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma is a 2026 horror metatext written and directed by Jane Schoenbrun. Hannah Einbinder plays Kris, a trans horror director developing a legacy sequel for the mothball...

Cicadamata is out now on Steam and it absolutely rips, great look, cool soundtrack, good mobility options. It'll make you say "robbit mon dieu!" SIGN UP FOR FREE ON PATREON:…

An argument that the "women in refrigerators" trope doesn't apply to Final Fantasy 7's Aerith Gainsborough, and why the distinction matters

History is the story; history is the game.

What is an angel without wings or a Plague Tale game without rats?

Numbers going up in videogames is boring. It is pervasive and a hamster wheel. Receiving text in games is what makes them worth playing due to their potential to move me and speak to me in ways number...

Obsidian set themselves an interesting task in translating a story that's legendary for being dense and obscure into an interactive medium.