Checkmate: A Review of Overshoot By Autumn Wright • October 3rd, 2024 It may feel like we are checked, but the missiles are still in the air, the destruction of in development fossil capital is still unrealized. It’s checkmate.
You Can’t Escape from Yourself: The Substance (2024) By Orrin Grey • October 3rd, 2024 One of my pet peeves in modern horror films is when the central premise works only as metaphor, not as actual text.
Mind Palaces Consider the Orzo By Maddi Chilton • October 3rd, 2024 I am the least hungry when I’m stressed, or sad, or sick, when something has gone wrong elsewhere in my life and my stomach suffers for it.
Driveclub Might Not Deserve Reverence, But It Should be Revisited By Van Dennis • October 2nd, 2024 Driveclub is still one of the most frustrating racing games I’ve ever played… and yet, it somehow also makes me wistful, as it’s a game I could see doing very well today if it had gotten a second chance.
Exploits Feature Horror and Human Frailty By Michael Caruso • October 1st, 2024 Accept the reality of your mortality, for better or for worse.
The Esoteric Nihilism of YoRHa By Vehe Mently • September 30th, 2024 YoRHa and the esoteric nihilists don’t believe in god, but they do believe in religion. Because the truth isn’t only shocking, it’s also just plain disappointing.
Weird Heroes of Public Access By Stu Horvath and John McGuire • September 30th, 2024 Flip the switch to the UHF dial!
To Rewatch a Predator By Joshua M. Henson • September 27th, 2024 Was I laughing at the reactions of terrible people ruining their lives, or was I laughing at the quirks of people who, to some extent or another, are unable to fully recognize the severity of their offenses?
Funeral Rites Getting Lost in the Melodious World of the Ballads of Oræd By Orrin Grey • September 27th, 2024 On the table next to the candle is a book that you don’t remember seeing before. The book itself feels at once familiar and strange, as though you have read it before, perhaps in a dream. The title is Ballads of Oræd.
Feature Excerpt Was Colonial Marines Really Nuked From The Start? By Elijah Beahm • September 26th, 2024 “We loved our isolation. Thrived in it. It allowed us to get lost in our work with zero dependencies.”
