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The Batman Problem

By Jeremy Greco • August 1st, 2023

In a game set in Gotham City, why would a player ever want to be anyone other than Batman?

Screenshot from Talk to Me, featuring the mummified medium's hand gracefully reaching out as if to be shaken with a lone candle in the background

I Don’t Get Nightmares: Scaring Yourself with Talk to Me (2023)

By Orrin Grey • July 31st, 2023

Talk to Me may be the most credible supernatural teen horror movie ever made, simply by dint of the way that the kids in the film turn the medium-istic hand into a party game, heedless of the larger questions it raises, or the possible consequences of their actions.

The Monster Overhaul

By Stu Horvath and John McGuire • July 31st, 2023

Not just another monster book!

a screenshot from The Primevals with a towering Yeti covered in fur in the mid shot, a tiny gaggle of humans behind, and three lizard people with medieval weapons at the front

Science and Sensation: A Blast from the Past Courtesy of The Primevals (2023)

By Orrin Grey • July 26th, 2023

The Primevals is pure pulp, hearkening back to the golden age of adventure stories.

Funeral Rites

A grayscale drawing of a female fighter standing in a windy field, hand resting on the hilt of her sword.

Making Friends with Swords in The Vorpal Almanac

By Jay Castello • July 25th, 2023

Swords, writes Levi Combs in the book’s introduction, need “to feel lived in.” And that’s exactly the focus of the 22 blades of The Vorpal Almanac, beautifully illustrated by Sally Cantirino.