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Revving the Engine
In a screenshot from the videogame Pull Stay, a man in glasses and a plaid shirt holds a mug of coffee. His face seems to be illuminated by computer glow.

Network Effects

By Phoenix Simms • May 26th, 2022

Pull Stay is personal, pulling from solo developer Nito Souji’s experience as a hikikomori, his unique sense of humor and his favorite genre of beat ‘em ups.

Feature Excerpt
In a screenshot from Demon's Souls, a beleaguered knight stands in the ruined courtyard of a great grey cathedral.

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
two horses facing off against each other. image from IMDB.

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!

Letter from the Editor
Pixel art Ghosts in front of haunted house.

Unwinnable Monthly – May 2022

By David Shimomura • May 18th, 2022

New Columnist Alert!!

The title screen for La Llorona, with the name of the movie opaquely set over a glowering sculpture of a skull

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
A screenshot from the game NORCO showing a tree of connected, or disconnected, relationships

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.

Detail of Thomas Moran's "Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone," featuring a waterfall pouring into a majestic mountain canyon. The cliffs are illuminated with golden, late-afternoon light.

Troika Backgrounds

By Brian Taylor • May 12th, 2022

Inspired by 1872.

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