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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.”

Banksy on Display: An Interview with the Executive Director with NYC’s New Banksy Museum

By Elijah Beahm • June 17th, 2024

Elijah Beahm interviews William Meade, the Executive Director of the new Banksy Museum in NYC.

A collage of images from The Cloven with the title in distressed type in the middle. Someone with short hair and no clothing is running through trees and red light, a hand is displayed, legs jumping, a face smiling in the dark, all drawn with brushstrokes to indicate action

Hoofing It With The Cloven’s Garth Stein and Matthew Southworth

By Elijah Beahm • May 30th, 2024

“Telling a story is all about a dialog between the presenter and the audience, right? The reader and the writer and and the readers trying to figure it out.”

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The Impossibility of Mods Makes Them So Valuable

By Elijah Beahm • May 1st, 2024

Why would anyone do this, with minimal support, working uphill against someone else’s code, for free?

A screenshot from Alone in the Dark 2024, featuring a rainy street at night, with two lamps and a click with a street sign that says Dercator

Rebuilding Derceto with Alone in the Dark’s Developers

By Elijah Beahm • April 18th, 2024

“In the horror genre, it’s key to make everything feel grounded in the world you’re creating. How all details must feel as a natural part of the environment, no object is there purely by accident; it has its own story to tell.”

A screenshot from Timemelters, where the lead character holds a hand ringed with light to send energy against a horde of charged zombies heading her way while the moon hovers overhead and a spooky building lurks behind

Melting Time With Autoexec Games

By Elijah Beahm • March 27th, 2024

“Our players really love overcoming challenges. Forming a great strategy, incorporating all your echoes, slowly watching it come together. It’s been incredible to see people play. I don’t think there’s a better feeling as a game dev.”

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