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Another Look
A blocky gray and black Nintendo Entertainment System console from the late 80s.

Better Late than Never

By Yussef Cole • December 7th, 2021

On always being a few steps behind in a never-ending videogame console race.

Holiday Gift Guide (Sorta)

By Stu Horvath and John McGuire • December 6th, 2021

Better late than never!

Collision Detection
Crowds of people mill around a bustling and colorful future metropolis.

Rethinking the Post-Apocalypse in Eastward

By Ben Sailer • December 3rd, 2021

Post-apocalyptic stories are often framed as tales of what happens after everything ends. Eastward instead shows how life moves on.

Hyperfixations
Samus, a space explorer in a high-tech space suit, aims her arm cannon offscreen.

On the Death of Samus Aran

By Julie Muncy • December 2nd, 2021

For Samus, her body is her central locus of meaning, the way both in which the world interprets her and in which she, so far as we can tell, interprets herself.

Another Look
A man and his daughter wearing worn clothing make their way through a train yard.

Solitary Masculinity

By Yussef Cole • December 1st, 2021

The solitary, prepper-style know-how in 2018’s Leave No Trace feels eerily familiar to the masochistic “git gud” approach which has long plagued videogames.

Escape the Dark Castle

By Stu Horvath and John McGuire • November 29th, 2021

Will you brave the horrors of the dungeon that stand between you and freedom? Yes! Will you survive? Ehhhhh…probably not. Plus, Celts, magic mushrooms and Caer Mundus!

Revving the Engine
A dramatic close-up on a golden roman statue stoically gazing past his extended arm.

Mods & Mythology

By Melissa King • November 24th, 2021

The Australian Writers’ Guild Award-winning and critically acclaimed The Forgotten City had humble beginnings as a Skyrim mod.

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