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Casting Deep Meteo
A close-up of Arthur Morgan, the protagonist of the videogame Red Dead Redemption 2. He is a brunette white man with a five o'clock shadow. He wears a chambray shirt with suspenders and a black Stetson hat with brown braided leather trim.

No Free Will on the Range

By Levi Rubeck • April 6th, 2022

Red Dead Redemption 2 is not a buffet but a meal of many courses, each slicing away a little more denial from the last, to keep the saliva flowing.

Casting Deep Meteo
An astronaut floats adrift in darkest space. The face of their helmet is partially shattered, revealing a grimacing red skull within.

Impossible Decisions: The Game

By Levi Rubeck • March 8th, 2022

As I am not interested in a Mothership experience completely devoid of hope, I presume my players aren’t either. But this isn’t a stroll down candy corn avenue.

Casting Deep Meteo
A fiery meteor cascades through an inky blue sky.

An Introduction

By Levi Rubeck • February 9th, 2022

A word of explanation on the particular alchemy of interests that fascinate and beguile our newest magazine columnist.

Casting Deep Meteo
In a pastel style, a man runs away from a bear while the bear is peppered with arrows.

The Soothing Tundra

By Levi Rubeck • November 16th, 2021

Even when we weren’t sure if we could go outside despite the pandemic, Caroline could scale mountains and map her surroundings as a way to regain a simulacrum of life outside the apartment. 

Casting Deep Meteo
The record for The Body and BIG|BRAVE's Leaving None but Small Birds, accompanied by its insert. The album art features a geometric orange and white house on green grass against a deep blue sky. The insert lists all of the album's track names within a minimalistic sketch of a house.

Swaying from Seed to Stalk with The Body and BIG|BRAVE

By Levi Rubeck • October 12th, 2021

Coming together, The Body and BIG|BRAVE tear down their own houses to build back from their shared beams.

Casting Deep Meteo
A screenshot of the game American Truck Simulator showing a Truck riding down a California highway with a hot rod in the opposite direction. In the distance, in the form of a "hollywood sign" you can see "World of Trucks."

American Truck Simulator: Wyoming in Miniature

By Levi Rubeck • September 28th, 2021

I’m in this convoy for the vistas, the big hauls, the roadside magic, even if it must refrain from truly mimicking the vastness of the time spent cruising those roads in real life.

Casting Deep Meteo
two characters fighting a skeleton monster on a lit ledge.

Greak and the Deft Power of Short Stories

By Levi Rubeck • September 21st, 2021

Greak doesn’t overstay its welcome, and is clearsighted in its goals from the beginning.

Casting Deep Meteo
Two images - one of a character running into a forest, from the game Below, merged with an image of ASCII art from the game Caves of Qud.

The Mental Umami of Risk and Reward

By Levi Rubeck • September 14th, 2021

Though Below has killed me almost as often as Caves of Qud, each defeat similarly instructs enough to encourage another descent.

Casting Deep Meteo
centered, the bald head of Agent 47 holding a handgun in a gloved fist, surrounded by images of himself doing other rad action-movie like things.

The Play About the Scottish Hitman

By Levi Rubeck • May 11th, 2021

Hitman (2016) is a game that conjures this spirit of the theater and allows me to flow through that liminal space of being directed while remaining free to wander the stage at my whim.

The two band members of 68 in a red stylized image, overlapping. This is a section of their album cover for Give One Take One

’68 Releases a Menu Worthy of the Meal

By Levi Rubeck • April 13th, 2021

This wasn’t a boast but a call-to-arms, and there are many who took on the charge.

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