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Mind Palaces
Detail from the cover of Jenny Erpenbeck's Kairos featuring a cropped photo of a woman's blue eye and a large black dot evoking a period at the end of a sentence.

Booking It (Vol. 2)

By Maddi Chilton • August 6th, 2024

The thrilling conclusion to Maddi’s quest to read the entirety of the International Booker Prize longlist.

a cropped screenshot from Children from the Sun with a young person crouched and looking through a sniper rifle scope past trees into a clearing with cars and buildings on fire

Confronting our Perverse Pleasures with Children of the Sun and Life Eater

By Ryan Wagahoff • August 5th, 2024

Videogames love to dehumanize enemies (it’s much easier to feel OK about killing a masked goon than it is to kill a unique person with a face) but are rarely interested in drawing this to the player’s attention.

Casket of Souls

By Stu Horvath and John McGuire • August 5th, 2024

Don’t forget to bring a mirror!

A crop of some key art for Metro 2033 Last Light, with a soldier in black with a gas mask and helmet and handmade firearm crawls through the ruined buildings of post apocalypse Moscow

The Grimy Optimism of the Metro Series

By J.M. Henson • August 2nd, 2024

There’s a sense of forward momentum in the tunnels.

Past Presence
Key art for 1000xRESIST featuring a young woman's pensive face seen in profile through the face shield of a space helmet.

Most Media Memory-Holed the Pandemic. Not 1000XRESIST

By Dr. Emily Price • August 2nd, 2024

Playing 1000xRESIST means stepping into the shoes of an observer to millions of people finding out in real time they’ve been exposed to a disease there’s no way to stop.

Exploits Feature

The Rise of Miles Morales

By Latonya Pennington • August 1st, 2024

A superhero can be a powerful role model to look up to.

Musings
Detail from a faded old postcard featuring the New York City skyline.

Don’t Look Up

By Blake Hester • July 31st, 2024

When you tell people, “Don’t look up,” you essentially are telling them, “Don’t enjoy where you live.”

A crop of the cover art for the Bette Davis Eyes cover single by Katrina Woolverton and Val Garay, a black and white image of Woolverton with black curly hair looking up but with a ringed hand held up to shield her eyes

A Fresh Look Through “Bette Davis Eyes” With Katrina Woolverton & Val Garay

By Elijah Beahm • July 30th, 2024

It was awave of stylistic rebirth that prompted Garay into finally exploring “Bette Davis Eyes” for a new audience, “because I’ve been approached a zillion times to recut that song, and I always said ‘Absolutely not’ because it’s just too iconic.”

Noise Complaint
Detail from the cover art for Better Lovers' God Made Me an Animal features two dark figures with heart eyes attached to each other by their tongues. On each of their chests is one half of a broken heart.

Better Vibes With Better Lovers

By Ben Sailer • July 30th, 2024

Ben goes to see metalcore supergroup Better Lovers and comes away with a renewed affection for his city and the power of the riff.

Barony

By Stu Horvath and John McGuire • July 29th, 2024

Surely a time machine was involved in the development of this game.

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