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.
Exploits Feature Can You Spoil a Story That Already Happened? By Aaraf Afzal • January 2nd, 2025 What exactly is a “spoiler” for Oppenheimer?
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.
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.
Run It Back 1985 By Oluwatayo Adewole • January 8th, 2025 Writer/Director Piotr Szulkin’s vision of post-apocalyptic survival in O-Bi O-Ba: The End of Civilization is a grim one.
Funeral Rites Dungeoneers Galore and More in the Land of Eem By Alyssa Wejebe • January 7th, 2025 James Parks and Ben Costa had always planned to adapt the world of their graphic novels and books into their upcoming tabletop roleplaying game, straightforwardly called Land of Eem.
Season 2 is Coming… By Ed Coleman and Stu Horvath • January 6th, 2025 Is it still a “hiatus” if it goes for multiple years?
A Blast from the Past: Demolition Man (1993), Political Correctness, and Predicting the Future By Orrin Grey • January 6th, 2025 As a satire, it is anodyne. As an action movie, largely inert. As science fiction, nonsensical.
Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty Revives a Game That Nearly Lost It All By Chidubem Ndubuisi • January 3rd, 2025 Did Phantom Liberty save Cyberpunk 2077?
Feature Excerpt Johnny Quest for Grown Ups By Elijah Beahm • January 3rd, 2025 Shutter is, was, and always will be about how the story ends – and why that’s beautiful.
