The Usurper Noteworthy Metal – September 2018 By Astrid Budgor • October 12th, 2018 It’s all love this time around in a month full of new metal favorites.
The Burnt Offering The Rulebook Tarantella By Stu Horvath • October 12th, 2018 The mind behind Unearthed Arcana stumbled on a roleplaying publishing paradox: you need rulebooks to make money, but the more rulebooks you publish, the more unwieldy your game.
History in Color By Justin Reeve • October 11th, 2018 Assassin’s Creed: Odyssey‘s depiction of painted Greek statues not only strays from its predecessor, it challenges an orientalist tradition clung to by the art world.
A Bus Full of Dogs in El Salvador By Levi Rubeck • October 11th, 2018 As the world shrinks, Stonebot games shows the value of staying local, thinking big, and defending man’s best friend.
[Yells in Foreign Language] By David Shimomura • October 10th, 2018 The Yakuza series doesn’t offer an English dub for its dialogue. That’s a good thing.
E-soterica Foul Play in an Elementary School By Khee Hoon Chan • October 10th, 2018 “I wanted to work with something fun and lighthearted. I was actually watching a lot of Mindhunters on Netflix, so I wanted to do something detective-adjacent but still semi-family-friendly,” said Pico, the developer behind P.E. Noire.
The Vampire Panic of New England By Jen Sisco and Robin Mazzolla • October 9th, 2018 Sink your teeth into the New England vampire panic in the new episode of Notorious Narratives.
