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Casting Deep Meteo
A shirtless Patrick Swayze practices his fightin' moves in a still from Road House.

Road House Ronin

By Levi Rubeck • March 12th, 2024

Miyamoto Usagi and Dalton’s stories aren’t totally parallel, but they rhyme in a lot of ways.

Area of Effect
A screenshot from Beasts of Maravilla Island shows the protagonist observing a pair of colorful monkey sitting on the branch of a tree in a tropical forest.

Seasonal Space

By Jay Castello • March 8th, 2024

I played one section of Beasts of Maravilla Island and then I got on a bus, and the naked tree branches seemed more interesting than ever.

Rookie of the Year
The band U2 plays on a tiny stage just inside the gigantic circular wall of the Sphere, a huge flock of birds projected on its side.

Atomic City: U2 Go Nuclear at the Sphere

By Matt Marrone • March 7th, 2024

If I lived in Las Vegas, I wouldn’t be writing this column at all, because I’d be at the show. Again. (And then again.)

Interlinked
The title screen from the original Prince of Persion, showing an Arabian palace in all its pixellated glory.

Making Leaps

By Phoenix Simms • March 6th, 2024

Sometimes a certain long-running series will grow alongside you, its relationship with you and your associated subtexts with it morphing over time.

Here Be Monsters
A screenshot from Dead Space shows a terrifying space monster attacking Isaac Clarke as he tries to scramble away backwards in his spacesuit.

In Defense of the Jump Scare: A Manifesto

By Emma Kostopolus • March 5th, 2024

Jump scares function as a necessary pressure-release valve for the experience of watching horror, thus allowing the experience to be less unrelentingly tiring.

Mind Palaces
Cover art for Rollerdrome shows main character Kara Hassan wearing her skate helmet and staring stoically at the viewer. Behind her, a busy scene from the roller arena fills the frame.

And the Crowd Goes Wild

By Maddi Chilton • March 4th, 2024

It’s never quite established what Rollerdrome’s sport is reflecting in the society that watches it.

Past Presence
A screenshot from In Stars and Time shows two characters sharing a bench and looking off towards an ephemeral castle in the night sky.

What Time Loops Mean to Me

By Dr. Emily Price • February 29th, 2024

Time loop games give us the opportunity to grow alongside the main character.

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