The X-Factor, Side B By Ed Coleman and Stu Horvath • January 17th, 2025 Two episodes in and they’re already starting to crack…
Exploits Feature Can You Spoil a Story That Already Happened? By Aaraf Afzal • January 2nd, 2025 What exactly is a “spoiler” for Oppenheimer?
Totally Generic Watching The Good Wife on the Eve of a new Trump Presidency By Natasha Ochshorn • January 17th, 2025 The Good Wife is not a Trump era show, but it works as well to understand the Biden era as it did to reflect the Obama years – with added hindsight.
Rookie of the Year This is How it Starts to Move Again By Matt Marrone • January 16th, 2025 “How Will I Live Without a Body?” is not a record you can fully grasp in one sitting, whether you’re nine years old or 46.
The Burnt Offering That Summer Camp Feeling By Stu Horvath • January 15th, 2025 Why can’t we all hang out every day and talk about games and draw skulls and play games?
Interlinked Status Ailment Era By Phoenix Simms • January 14th, 2025 Do status ailments and their treatments in games perpetuate toxic mythology about diseases and disabilities?
The Playdate Represents the Best Future for Handheld Consoles By Luis Aguasvivas • January 13th, 2025 The Playdate is the little console that could.
Back in the Saddle By Stu Horvath and John McGuire • January 13th, 2025 Podcasters take a break, forget how to podcast.
Here Be Monsters Same as It Ever Was: Narrative Fidelity and the Art of the Remake By Emma Kostopolus • January 10th, 2025 Silent Hill 2 Remake feels more like a retelling of a classic tale, almost a myth, than a remake of a singular media property.
The X-Factor, Side A By Ed Coleman and Stu Horvath • January 10th, 2025 Released in October 1995, this marks the first album with the band’s third singer, Blaze Bayley.
Mind Palaces Meet Me at the APT. By Maddi Chilton • January 9th, 2025 I cannot overstate how overwhelming it felt to watch this music video after years of only getting to see Rosé in the middle of the K-pop machinery.
Anime and Arena Fighters: An Unbeatable Combo By Noah R. Estey • January 8th, 2025 While Dragon Ball is far and away the biggest success, it was only the first of many.