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Collision Detection
The mountain-crown-meets-basketball logo of the Sacramento Kings on a field of purple jersey material.

Light the Beam

By Ben Sailer • April 5th, 2023

As a lapsed and reformed Sacramento Kings fan, Ben learns that sometimes backing a loser is the winningest thing you can do.

Mind Palaces
The player character in the videogame Prey takes on a small group of shadowy enemies in a silver-toned space station.

Eat, Prey, Love

By Maddi Chilton • April 4th, 2023

The question at the heart of Prey is whether Morgan is more human than alien.

Funeral Rites
A pen-and-ink drawing of a terrifying creature with a skull-like visage. The creature and the background are colored a vibrant magenta while its bright yellow eyes seem to pop from its skull.

The Neon Nightmare of Portents of the Degloved Hand

By Dr. Emily Price • March 31st, 2023

Portents of the Degloved Hand’s promotional material describes its purpose as adding “additional chaos, misfortune, and even dark humor” to MÖRK BORG.

Here Be Monsters

Every Game is Happy Death Day

By Emma Kostopolus • March 30th, 2023

Videogames, with their very direct focus on death and rebirth as a normal part of play, are uniquely positioned to get us thinking about the horrors of our own mortality.

This Mortal Coyle
A screencap from Skyrim shows Serana and the player character having a nighttime walk along a snowy path.

Skyrim and Existential Angst Redux

By Deirdre Coyle • March 29th, 2023

Why can’t I marry Serana? I would like to take this up with Todd Howard personally.

Self-Insert
A top-down view of several thread spools, most with colorful labels on top.

Thread Fics

By Amanda Hudgins • March 28th, 2023

In a lot of ways, Twitter is the home of the thread fic and when it goes, so will they.

Past Presence
An N95 mask with yellow straps lying on a sky-blue countertop.

Manufactured Ends

By Dr. Emily Price • March 27th, 2023

Or, why I still wear a mask.

Run It Back
A still from Querelle shows a sailor leaning against a telephone pole as a theatrical sun sets behind him.

1982

By Oluwatayo Adewole • March 24th, 2023

This month we’re taking on two grand pieces of homoeroticism, Rainer Werner Fassbinder’s final film Querelle and Judas Priest’s Screaming for Vengeance.

Eyeing Elsewhere
Three boys skateboard down a New York street.

Behind the Camera

By Phillip Russell • March 23rd, 2023

While the subjects of Minding the Gap share a love for skateboarding, the heart of the documentary lies in the shared histories and traumas surrounding domestic abuse.

Feature Excerpt
A cloaked figure holding a sword gazes across a barren landscape of red fog and blackened soil.

The Environmental Horror of Elden Ring

By Kathryn Hemmann • March 22nd, 2023

Caelid resists the post-apocalyptic fantasy that the detrimental effects of human activity on the environment are temporary and reversible.

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