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This Mortal Coyle
The protagonist Bailey Ward from the videogame Switchcraft. She is a young woman with long auburn hair shaved on one side and an olive skin tone. She is casually dressed and smiling in what looks like the interior of a cafe.

Ruby Blue from Switchcraft

By Deirdre Coyle • September 30th, 2022

Ms. Blue’s aesthetics speak volumes: she wears librarian clichés – cardigans and tortoiseshell glasses – with bodycon animal prints, statement jewelry and long, blue nails.

Self-Insert
A shot of Jacob in wolf form from the movie Twilight.

Hybrid Shifters

By Amanda Hudgins • September 29th, 2022

Ultimately you see in hybrid shifter fiction a desire to create people who are closer to their “natural instincts” over reason, a call back to nature. Is the reason usually sexy? Of course it is.

Run It Back
In a still from The Last of England, a woman with long blonde hair wearing a wedding dress rends her dress apart while screaming in front of an open flame.

1987

By Oluwatayo Adewole • September 28th, 2022

Tayo’s back discussing two films from 1987, both by trailblazing gay directors, Joel Schumacher’s The Lost Boys and Derek Jarman’s The Last of England.

The Beat Box
In a still from the movie Men in Black, Will Smith's character prepares to use his memory-erasing device.

Noteworthy Hip Hop – September 2022

By Noah Springer • September 27th, 2022

1997 was a good year for hip hop and an even better one for Noah.

Revving the Engine
A 3D rendering of a gray metal robot wearing a shoulder-slung pouch and a loose piece of red fabric tied around its head. A teddy bear with glowing blue eyes perches on the robot's right shoulder.

2020s Tech, 1980s Spirit

By Ben Sailer • September 26th, 2022

Dykom Software’s twin-stick side-scrolling shooter invokes 80s geek culture nostalgia while hiding a few twists underneath an absurdist premise.

Feature Excerpt

To Be a Bird on an Island

By Taylor Hidalgo • September 23rd, 2022

During unsteady times, it’s easy to get caught up in the sadness of uncertainty. Thankfully, there are little animals tromping around an island to remind us that it doesn’t have to be that way.

Feature Excerpt

Shark Party

By Michael Lee • September 22nd, 2022

The kinds of relationships people form in online spaces can be as meaningful and socially rewarding as physical encounters with human bodies.

Feature Story
A hi-res telescopic image of the red planet Mars.

Blue Keys on a Red Planet

By Hilver • September 16th, 2022

The DOOM games show the limits of lifeless worlds as game settings, but it is no coincidence that each time id Software had to reinvent the series for a new generation they returned to Mars.

Nonhuman Meditations
A still from Jaws featuring actor Roy Scheider in front of the mechanical shark puppet.

Tracking a Mechanical Shark

By Alyssa Wejebe • September 16th, 2022

Alyssa follows the adventures of Bruce, the mechanical shark in Jaws.

Here's the Thing
Fozzie Bear, Kermit the Frog, Miss Piggy and Gonzo of The Muppets smile for a group photo.

I Was Wrong About the Muppets

By Rob Rich • September 15th, 2022

A while back Rob posited that the ABC’s The Muppets was criminally underrated, but a recent rewatch has changed his tune somewhat.

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