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The Last Ranger Divides America For Very Unclear Reasons

By Elijah Beahm • January 24th, 2025

That’s not heroism, it’s the day in the life of a smuggler.

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A dark-haired woman with a long ponytail holds a camera and gazes upwards at the tall buildings surrounding her.

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.

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G.I. Joe: Operation Blackout Embraces Nostalgia and Growing Up

By Elijah Beahm • November 14th, 2024

Is it really a bad thing for a game to not try and make itself part of your whole lifestyle?

A screenshot from the trailer for the documentary film Holy Frit featuring the title laid over stained glass with light shining through in a way that looks like a frozen explosion

The Incredible Light Shining Through Holy Frit

By Elijah Beahm • November 4th, 2024

Holy Frit is a story of creativity, courage, and learning fast on your feet.

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They Feed on Fear

By Elijah Beahm • October 29th, 2024

“The inspiration behind playing as monsters is very personal. As a youth with an obvious disability, I found that I did not fit in, and I felt akin to the monsters in pop culture and media.”

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An Interview with Game Director Kim Krogh Nielsen on theHunter: Call of the Wild

By Elijah Beahm • October 24th, 2024

That fundamental focus on strategy and planning is central to the game, though theHunter’s developers aren’t averse to throwing you into an adrenaline fueled fight for survival either.

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Was Colonial Marines Really Nuked From The Start?

By Elijah Beahm • September 26th, 2024

“We loved our isolation. Thrived in it. It allowed us to get lost in our work with zero dependencies.”

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The Most Diverse Fascists You’ll Ever Meet

By Elijah Beahm • September 3rd, 2024

Let’s have more women spaceprison guards, too, while we’re at it.

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How an African Princess Became a Singer of a Queer-Affirming God

By Elijah Beahm • August 7th, 2024

“Whenever I’m writing a song, whenever I’m singing a song, I make sure that I’m coming from a place of being free, just being free. I let my emotions speak through my song.”

A crop of the cover art for the Bette Davis Eyes cover single by Katrina Woolverton and Val Garay, a black and white image of Woolverton with black curly hair looking up but with a ringed hand held up to shield her eyes

A Fresh Look Through “Bette Davis Eyes” With Katrina Woolverton & Val Garay

By Elijah Beahm • July 30th, 2024

It was awave of stylistic rebirth that prompted Garay into finally exploring “Bette Davis Eyes” for a new audience, “because I’ve been approached a zillion times to recut that song, and I always said ‘Absolutely not’ because it’s just too iconic.”