Here's the Thing I Live for the A-HA Moment By Rob Rich • April 16th, 2026 Outside of rewarding exploration the best feeling in a videogame is the “A-HA!” moment. Something many games lack but several (both old and new) still have in spades.
Forms in Light Landscapes of Loneliness By Justin Reeve • April 15th, 2026 Breath of the Wild and Tears of the Kingdom both demonstrate that landscapes are never neutral. They carry implicit arguments about how people relate to the world around them.
Casting Deep Meteo Corporations Steeped in Phraseology By Levi Rubeck • April 14th, 2026 Marathon is threading the needle between art and service, a refreshingly bold work from a technical monolith.
THAT’S WHAT THE BLOG IS FOR! Mad Men S1E11–S1E13 By Natasha Ochshorn • April 13th, 2026 Everyone is worried they’ve missed out on something.
Maslow’s Power Fantasy: Sometimes You Need A Win By Chris Revelle • April 10th, 2026 A power fantasy about creating peace and mutualism between communities.
Totally Generic Hamnet By Natasha Ochshorn • April 10th, 2026 Entering into any kind of relationship that you don’t intend to break is accepting death as a third.
Groundbreaking Films That Changed Cinema Forever By Rufus Buckner • April 9th, 2026 Movies today look absolutely nothing like they did 20 years ago.