Squaring the Circle Pit By Levi Rubeck • May 16th, 2018 It’s shameful, because let’s be honest, moshing is the worst. It’s amateur rugby for shut-ins and ex-quarterbacks, almost totally disconnected from the music and a flying middle finger to the personal space of everyone else around.
Documentary Sunday Ugly Delicious By Megan Condis • May 15th, 2018 What makes pizza authentic? The documentary series Ugly Delicious wades into a long time rivalry between New York City and Naples.
E-soterica Exploring Spaces in These Indie Platformers By Khee Hoon Chan • May 15th, 2018 In most platformers, we waffle a little, and then take a leap of faith from one scaffolding to the next, and perhaps over a deadly pit of lava and spikes.
The Burnt Offering False Memory By Stu Horvath • May 14th, 2018 Whats the French phrase for the feeling you get when you watch a classic movie you’re sure you’ve already seen only to find you never have? In English, it’s probably “disorienting embarrassment.”
The Heavy Pour Hell Hath No Fury By Sara Clemens • May 14th, 2018 The anger at the heart of A Wrinkle in Time.
Revving the Engine Research and Destroy By Stu Horvath • May 9th, 2018 Unwinnable chats with Impossible Industries about their forthcoming action/strategy game Research and Destroy.
How One of the Best 16-bit Soundtracks was Lost to Time By Zach Newcastle • May 9th, 2018 An increasingly popular narrative is that of the tortured auteur. A singular genius performing tireless alchemy to produce art beyond our mortal comprehension. But I’ve grown tired of that story, I don’t want any more heroes.
Boyfriend Dungeon Weaponizes Cuddles By Levi Rubeck • May 9th, 2018 Boyfriend Dungeon wears a dating sim on its sleeve but bears a dungeon crawler as its beating heart.
Geralt of Rivia, Anthropologist By Khee Hoon Chan • May 8th, 2018 Like a cultural anthropologist, Geralt uncovers more about this universe through these contracts, keenly and patiently listening to villagers as they share their joy and woes.
E-soterica Fans Have Spoken, and They Want a Knuckle Sandwich By Alyse Stanley • May 4th, 2018 When the frenetic gameplay of WarioWare, the dark humor of Fargo, and the aesthetic of Dragon Ball and Pokémon combine, Knuckle Sandwich emerges unscathed from the explosion, sunglasses lowered.
