Feature Excerpt Why Aren’t There Treasure Chests in Demon’s Souls? By Jon Thumas • May 25th, 2022 Not having treasure chests is a provocative decision for a Japanese action RPG to have made in 2009, but it was far from a transgressive one.
Feature Excerpt Cyberpunk 2077 is a Haunted House By Alma Roda-Gil • May 24th, 2022 Just because death permeates Night City doesn’t mean it’s a privilege afforded to everyone.
Gingy's Corner Body Image and Self-Loathing in Centaurworld By Gingy Gibson • May 23rd, 2022 Or, How Horse Learned to Stop Fearing and Love Her Bod
Central Casting By Stu Horvath and John McGuire • May 23rd, 2022 Tired of rolling dice for the same old characters? Add some unexpected zip with the Central Casting books!
Strange Things Happen There: Two Early Mexican Horrors By Orrin Grey • May 17th, 2022 A piece of history – not merely Mexican cinematic history, not merely horror history, but a broader snapshot of a period in time, and the changes that were happening around it.
Borderlands By Stu Horvath and John McGuire • May 16th, 2022 In which our heroes find a good job, with good benefits and decent lodging.
Friction Burns NORCO Is A Connected Web Of Estrangement By Ruth Cassidy • May 12th, 2022 The desire for connection and rejection of it shapes the core family in a web, but it plays out across the story’s politics too.
A Fool’s Cap and a Plate of Ice Cream By Peter Newell and Sara Clemens • May 11th, 2022 Better a witty fool than a foolish wit!
The Mary Celeste By Deirdre Coyle • May 10th, 2022 I watched the 1935 thriller The Mystery of the Mary Celeste (released in the U.S. as Phantom Ship). I took notes while watching, which include helpful annotations like “what is even happening” and “yikes this is racist.”
