Mind Palaces Honor Among Adaptations By Maddi Chilton • May 4th, 2023 A faithful adaptation can be satisfying, but an unfaithful adaptation can be invigorating.
Here Be Monsters Videogames and the Global Haunted House By Emma Kostopolus • May 3rd, 2023 The internet is now a place where creations such as SCP: Containment Breach can exist because of the cumulative creative and intellectual work of an entire community of people.
I Played It, Like, Twice... A Dark and Stormy Night: The Old Dark House Vibes of 13 Dead End Drive By Orrin Grey • May 2nd, 2023 The traps are pretty much the game’s whole gimmick but, ironically, you don’t need any of them to play.
Self-Insert Cisswap By Amanda Hudgins • May 2nd, 2023 Known under many tags (including Rule 63, genderbending, gender swap, Always a Different Sex), cisswap is an fandom device most commonly used to make male characters women.
Empire of the East By Stu Horvath and John McGuire • May 1st, 2023 So wait, demons are nukes? Apparently! At least as far as Fred Saberhagen is concerned.
Exploits Feature Mechanical Sympathy By Van Dennis • May 1st, 2023 “…you learn to care for a machine to the point where you see it as more than just metal.”
Run It Back 1994 By Oluwatayo Adewole • April 28th, 2023 The year of John Wayne Gacy’s execution, Jeffrey Dahmer’s baptism and John Waters’ suburban comedy Serial Mom.
Eyeing Elsewhere What Are Ya Buyin’? By Phillip Russell • April 27th, 2023 From what I’ve played of Resident Evil 4 Remake thus far, I’ve come to feel that while I am immensely enjoying the game, I wonder why it exists.
Noise Complaint Calling In a Noise Complaint By Ben Sailer • April 26th, 2023 After four and a half years of writing the Collision Detection column, Ben starts something new by going back to something old.