The World Ends With Youth By Rob Haines • October 29th, 2015 “The epitome of teenage isolation, Neku tried to understand other people, but his total lack of adult empathy makes them intrinsically unknowable, an unsolvable enigma.”
Paint-Eater: Urban Art in Digital Worlds By Heather Alexandra • October 29th, 2015 “We’ll be waving our controllers around, miming activity that we clearly don’t understand.” Heather Alexandra on gaming’s failure to understand street art.
Last Week’s Comics 10/28/2015 By Sal Lucci and Michael Edwards • October 28th, 2015 The Last Week’s Comics gang shares their thoughts on this week’s The Tomorrows # 4 and last week’s Karnak # 1.
The Fear of Missing Out on Fear By Riley MacLeod • October 28th, 2015 A distaste for horror films might drive us apart, but it can also bring us together.
The Josh and Jay Show featuring Rowan Kasier – Episode 122: Mobo in the Fofo By Team Unwinnable • October 27th, 2015 This week, the guys figure out the best way to manage their inventory using the latest in Bluetooth technology.
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’.”