Grandpa Pip’s Birthday or Why Fred’s on Fire Today By Declan Taggart • October 27th, 2015 Grandpa Pip’s Birthday belongs to that age-old tradition of art that emphasizes just how terrible life is by gorging on cuteness and whimsy.
What We Do in the Shadows is Unexpectedly Sweet By Tim Mulkerin • October 26th, 2015 “The film shows us how this group of undead functions day-to-day, which oddly is not unlike my experience in a college dorm room.”
ROM Review: Future Obligations By Megan Condis • October 26th, 2015 “In many ways, the game invites players to contemplate our obligations to other beings, be they robots, future punks, cat ladies or even houseplants.”
Back to the Couch By Taylor Hidalgo • October 22nd, 2015 “A couch full of audience-participants, and an enduring sense that gaming was something I got to share with everyone, even though I was the only one ‘playing’.”
Rookie of the Year Rookie of the Year: I am Google Cardboard By Matt Marrone • October 22nd, 2015 “I am Google Cardboard. I come to this realization slowly.” Matt Marrone explores VR, horror, and childhood with a cardboard case and an expensive smartphone.
Tron Bonne and the Family Business By Brian Crimmins • October 22nd, 2015 The Misadventures of Tron Bonne shows us how we can reconcile our personal interests with an impersonal economic reality. It all starts by rejecting capitalism.
Documentary Follows 5 Year Dev of Secret Ponchos By Jeremiah Cheney • October 22nd, 2015 “We were building our dream game – there was no room for compromise! For the first several months we didn’t even have a single programmer on the team, so we focused on what we COULD do.”
Secret Ponchos Review: Gunslinger Glory By Jeremiah Cheney • October 21st, 2015 Switchblade Monkeys made a multiplayer shooter that does right by its Western source material. Suddenly I want spaghetti.
Last Week’s Comics 10/21/2015 By Michael Edwards • October 21st, 2015 The Last Week’s Comics crew shares their thoughts on Power Cubed #2, Twilight Children #1 and Lando #5.
