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Brain Scratch
Some real gross alien architecture, brutalist Geiger, with two giant humanoid heads looming over a wet altar, all with strange vines descending like tentacles

We Scorn Friction at Our Peril

By Steven Nguyen Scaife • October 31st, 2022

A look at some smaller games that use friction to make a point, to express frustration and access emotions beyond the limited vocabulary of realism and polish.

Here Be Monsters
A screenshot from Resident Evil 2 shows Clare pointing a gun at Mr. X, a huge imposing man in a black leather trench coat

On Being Chased

By Emma Kostopolus • October 31st, 2022

These monsters are more than bundles of code: they are a concrete reminder of the lack of control that we have over our own lives.

I6: Ravenloft (Remastered)

By Stu Horvath and John McGuire • October 31st, 2022

A return to Ravenloft…

Self-Insert
A still from Breaking Dawn shows a close-up of Bella Swan at the end of her pregnancy. Her face is gaunt and skeletal.

Monstrous Pregnancy

By Amanda Hudgins • October 28th, 2022

Birth is one of the few acts of love that can kill you, a messy, bloody affair that demands everything of the birthing partner.

Dimensions
Screenshot of the search and find feature in Immortality, featuring many still images used to go through the footage; shots of keys, lady in bed, lady in bed with man, weirdos in robes and more

Papers, Apples, Microphones, Chairs: Immortality’s Spatial Miscellany

By Caroline Delbert • October 27th, 2022

Sam Barlow’s recent game projects his text-searching trademark into fully realized feature films. How do you know where to look?

Past Presence
A screenshot from the videogame Roadwarden shows a crossroads in a pixelated, sepia-toned wood.

Roadwarden

By Dr. Emily Price • October 27th, 2022

There is a gate made out of living thorns, a tree that drinks your blood, and a river with birds that call to you in human screams.

Assigned, (De)limited Desire
Link, with a mishmash of monster weapons and armor pieces, speaks with Kilton, who's wearing his monster lipstick and makeup while managing the front counter of his balloon monster parts business

Flying Shop of Horrors

By Trevor Richardson • October 26th, 2022

Fanaticism, embodiment, and economics have been stitched together to loom dreadful over all. 

Run It Back

1943

By Oluwatayo Adewole • October 26th, 2022

How do you see that the world is bigger and more full of mystery than you had ever imagined and yet still your purest impulse continues to be to subjugate?

Eyeing Elsewhere
Hellraiser's Female Cenobite, Pinhead, and Butterball stand in front of starkly back-lit binds.

On Monsters and Ourselves

By Phillip Russell • October 25th, 2022

Hell in the Hellraiser universe reflects back to others what they struggle with the most. It’s a fluid space that changes as our own sense of self does.

The Beat Box
The triple-headed dragon/monster/alien King Ghidorah in flight.

Aliens and Monsters

By Noah Springer • October 24th, 2022

Aliens and monsters both have roots in the history of pop music, but it’s hip hop in which the two are combined most effectively, specifically in the work of Kool Keith and MF DOOM.

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