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two men sitting in an old car with the text "we kill all sizes" above their head.

No Bright Side: Crimewave (1985) on Blu-ray

By Orrin Grey • April 7th, 2021

In many ways, Crimewave is the kind of movie I live for: a bonkers, underseen, early-career flick from legendary filmmakers who went on to much bigger things.

Detail from the cover art for We are Always Alone of a girl in a schoolgirl outfit, a purple and red light above her head.

portrayal of guilt’s Anthems Against False Hope

By Levi Rubeck • April 5th, 2021

Anthems for sinking ships, as if the tide itself was a choleric spirit drawing you down to a lightless ocean floor.

In a field of bifurcated blue is the cover for Jim Davidson's book The Next Everest, which has a picture of the mountain itself.

2600 Words on The Next Everest

By Amanda Hudgins • March 15th, 2021

When Davidson brings up the idea of returning to the mountain to his wife he writes: “how unlike other husbands, I didn’t spend money on boats, motorcycles or fancy cars” as though there is anything more midlife crisis than spending over $50,000 on the chance to die on a very tall mountain.

A detail from the cover art for The Valley and the Flood: A womans face in profile, the sun beaming down on it. in her blue hair is the remains of a town.

The Valley and the Flood Review

By Amanda Hudgins • March 8th, 2021

The novel The Valley and the Flood is Welcome to Nightvale meets Kentucky Route Zero meets Big Fish.

Gingy's Corner

Huniepop 2

By Gingy Gibson • February 26th, 2021

A disappointing sequel actively working to quash any joy the player may attempt to derive from it.

A piano with two small children looking at it. This is a still from Little Nightmares II.

Little Nightmares II and the Case of Weak Imagery

By Amanda Hudgins • February 15th, 2021

Not every game has to say something with its imagery, but it’s clear that Little Nightmares II wants desperately to be saying something.

Try Reading...

50 Years Later, Superman Defeats the Klan Again

By Harry Rabinowitz • February 10th, 2021

Superman punching Nazis, chucking Klansmen and standing up for diversity has never been this good.

Two star filled silhouettes with text between that reads "one match light up an empire"

Winter’s Orbit, Fireheart Tiger, and the Empire

By Amanda Hudgins • February 5th, 2021

I started reading Aliette de Bodard’s Fireheart Tiger around the same time as I started finishing Everina Maxwell’s Winter’s Orbit and found overlap in both the temporal and literal sense.

Casting Deep Meteo

El Hijo, the Solid Snake of Tag

By Levi Rubeck • February 4th, 2021

In stealth games, I always aspire to be the ghost.

the cover art for Everybody Has a Podcast Except You

Everybody Has a Podcast (Except You) Review

By Amanda Hudgins • January 25th, 2021

Advice books need to hit a sweet spot of giving the right amount of advice for the audience of course, but again I’m not sure who Everybody Has a Podcast is for.

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