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Here's the Thing
Three Felynes from Monster Hunter World stand shoulder-to-shoulder, awaiting conversation with the player.

Why Monster Hunter World Pisses Me Off

By Rob Rich • April 18th, 2025

Rob’s been a fan of the Monster Hunter series for quite some time, but there’s something Monster Hunter World does that really pisses him off.

Forms in Light
Several stone ruins stand in a sun-drenched Hyrule Field in a screenshot from The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild.

Living Legends Trapped in Time

By Justin Reeve • April 18th, 2025

In Tears of the Kingdom, the ruins of the Zonai are not just forgotten relics but active agents in the story of Hyrule.

Dialogue
A crop of Jules Bastien-Lepage's Joan of Arc (1879), showing the young woman leaning wearily against a tree in a lush, overgrown garden.

A Dialogue with Grace Benfell

By Autumn Wright • April 17th, 2025

“I think people are very afraid – and I am very afraid, I’m not immune to this at all – of people laughing at their lives.”

Casting Deep Meteo
A screenshot from Eternal Strands shows a fighter preparing to take on a massive opponent wearing a flaming helmet.

The Savory Surprise of Eternal Strands

By Levi Rubeck • April 17th, 2025

One day it seemed to just descend, a videogame-ass videogame looking to do its thing and do it with style.

Totally Generic
Saruman evilly ponders his orb in this still from The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Rings.

No One Has Actually Read Lord of the Rings

By Natasha Ochshorn • April 16th, 2025

It is really easy to lie about having read a book that many people are familiar with but many fewer accurately remember.

Area of Effect
A stock photo of an oil barrel painted a bright red.

Ka-Boom

By Jay Castello • April 15th, 2025

I truly, genuinely, do not think I have ever been as frustrated with a videogame in my life.

Rookie of the Year
Key art from Stardew Valley shows a valley of rolling green hills beneath turquoise skies filled with white, puffy clouds.

Stardew For Two

By Matt Marrone • April 15th, 2025

All three Marrone males have their own farms. Dad’s is a thriving, end-game affair. Jacob’s is, well, bounding with potential. Peter’s is a total mess.

Interlinked
The Brutal Legend game box art reworked as a vinyl record sleeve rests on a wooden counter. Two hands point at a sticker on its face which reads "PRESS START."

Nostalgia²

By Phoenix Simms • April 11th, 2025

There’s a curious folding of time and space, or at least our personal perception of time and space when it comes to ludic memory.

Don't Stop Believing
A massive warbird takes on two hunched biped creatures in this screenshot from Legendary.

Legendary Shows What a Biblical Epic Actually Is

By Elijah Beahm • April 10th, 2025

I desperately need you to know: Your popular sci-fi IP isn’t a Biblical Epic.

Mind Palaces
Sean Connery in The Name of the Rose, with two big round lenses in front of his eyes. What a poindexter.

Where in the World Is William of Baskerville?

By Maddi Chilton • April 8th, 2025

Obsidian set themselves an interesting task in translating a story that’s legendary for being dense and obscure into an interactive medium.

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