The Burnt Offering The Ambivalent Side of the Force By Stu Horvath • December 18th, 2015 Stu Horvath doesn’t mind if the Force decides to sleep in.
Revving the Engine: 404Sight By Stu Horvath • December 18th, 2015 Stu interviews Tina Kalinger, producer of sandbox runner/internet service provider fighter 404Sight. Part of a series of profiles sponsored by Epic.
What a Difference a Decade Makes By Rob Rich • December 18th, 2015 “I never in my wildest dreams expected the world of Transformers toys to end up like this.” After 10 years, Rob Rich delves back into Transformer toys.
Rookie of the Year The Message, Received By Matt Marrone • December 18th, 2015 Matt Marrone recounts his history with fiction podcasts, starting with Welles’ 1938 War of the Worlds and ending with the 2015 The Message.
Last Week’s Comics 12/16/2015 By Michael Edwards • December 16th, 2015 Mike Edwards flies solo and shares his thoughts on this week’s Dragon Age: Magekiller # 1 and last week’s Batman/Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles # 1.
The Burnt Offering Shaving with Tweezers By Stu Horvath • December 11th, 2015 Stu Horvath has a deep compulsion to play Assassin’s Creed games.
The Essential Quality of Star Wars By Roy Graham • December 10th, 2015 “How can we praise Battlefront for possessing that intangible quality of Star Wars-ness if it ignores such a sizable chunk of the Star Wars canon?”
Why Verdun Matters By Paul Schumann • December 10th, 2015 “Verdun proposes that an authentic squad-based shooter experience isn’t four players with submachine guns charging the enemy, hopping all over the place.”
Mankind Divided, as is Science Fiction By Josh Griffiths • December 10th, 2015 “It isn’t just that the creators behind these science fiction stories don’t add diverse characters, it’s that there’s a large fan base that are actively hostile to diversity.”
Last Week’s Comics 12/9/2015 By Sal Lucci • December 9th, 2015 Sal Lucci flies solo this week, reviewing All New X-Men # 1 and The Humans # 10.
Words like Hammers, Sentences like Bombs By Stu Horvath • December 4th, 2015 Stu Horvath reads Laird Barron’s latest novella, X’s for Eyes.
My Quiet Shame By Rob Rich • December 3rd, 2015 “Hideo Kojima was right – I do feel ashamed after learning why Metal Gear Solid 5’s mysterious sniper wears so little. But for a completely different reason.”
Phantom Politics By Katriel Paige • December 3rd, 2015 “There is no absolute ‘us’ versus ‘them’ in Metal Gear; alliances and loyalties shift within the franchise.” Katriel Paige explores political allegiance in MGS V.
Last Week’s Comics 12/2/2015 By Ian Gonzales and Michael Edwards • December 3rd, 2015 The Last Week’s Comics crew shares their thoughts on Ringside and Dark Knight III: The Master Race.
Running on Broken Glass By Amanda Hudgins • December 2nd, 2015 “Metal Gear Solid V sabotages its own depth by playing everything straight, by presenting real world horror alongside events that are completely ridiculous.”
Last Week’s Comics 11/25/2015 By Ian Gonzales and Sal Lucci • November 25th, 2015 We have a light week, an appetizer before your Thanksgiving feast. Sal Lucci shares his thoughts on this week’s The Tomorrows # 5.
Call Me Snake – UW70/71 By Stu Horvath • November 20th, 2015 Stu Horvath fucking hates Metal Gear Solid.
Revving the Engine: Planet Alpha 31 By Stu Horvath • November 19th, 2015 Stu interviews Adrian Lazar, (mostly) sole developer of alien platformer Planet Alpha 31. Part of a series of profiles sponsored by Epic.
Game Over; Play Again? By Riley MacLeod • November 19th, 2015 “So yeah, sometimes I wanted to get drunk and play videogames. You can’t work all the time, no matter how fulfilling that work is.”
One Last Flight By Jason McMaster • November 19th, 2015 We configured and set up the rig and the copy of X-Plane I had purchased. Then we sat in that small room and I watched my dad fly.
Last Week’s Comics 11/18/2015 By Ian Gonzales and Michael Edwards • November 18th, 2015 The Last Week’s Comics crew review’s this week’s seminal Usagi Yojimbo #150 and the bittersweet Batman ’66 #73.
Return to Call of Cthulhu – UW69 By Stu Horvath • November 13th, 2015 Stu is looking forward to driving his RPG players insane in Call of Cthulhu. Plus: We’re going MONTHLY!
The McMaster Files – Episode 3: Hugh Monahan on Brigador By Team Unwinnable • November 12th, 2015 Jason McMaster is joined by Hugh Monahan from Stellar Jockeys to discuss their new release – Brigador.
Revving the Engine: Adrift By Stu Horvath • November 12th, 2015 Stu interviews Adam Orth, creator of the upcoming space “first person experience (FPX)” ADR1FT. Part of a series of profiles sponsored by Epic.
Super-Gat By Holly Green • November 12th, 2015 “Saint’s Row IV far surpasses the competition, emerging as the best execution of what we understand a superhero to be.” Holly Green on the best superhero game.
Holy Totalitarianism, Batman! By Matt Paprocki • November 12th, 2015 “Arkham Knight has no basis of morality, no balance. That’s the problem.” Matt Paprocki reveals the terror fighting terror, the Batman in Arkham Knight.
Last Week’s Comics 11/11/2015 By Ian Gonzales and Sal Lucci • November 11th, 2015 The Last Week’s Comics crew share their thoughts on James Bond # 1, Uncanny X-Men # 600 and Extraordinary X-Men # 1.
The Burnt Offering Content is the Opiate of the Masthead By Stu Horvath • November 6th, 2015 A website that chases advertising dollars with lists and re-writes is the same as a factory that pumps toxic waste into the ecosystem.
A Collection of Apocalypses: An Interview with Paul Tremblay By Stu Horvath • November 5th, 2015 “When horror is done well, I love the sense of awe, of holy-shit-what-is-that…” Stu talks with horror writer Paul Tremblay on his influences, past and future.
The Co-op of Cthulhu By D.M. Olson • November 5th, 2015 “Arkham Horror could be used as a case study of almost perfectly executed mechanics as narrative.” D.M. Olson dies to Cthulhu in two Lovecraftian board games.
Rookie of the Year Rookie of the Year: The Scariest, Saddest Song of 2016 By Matt Marrone • November 5th, 2015 “What happens when you can’t even remember those favorite things that make you not feel so bad?” Matt Marrone on the horror of Daughter’s first track of 2016.
Last Week’s Comics 11/4/2015 By Ian Gonzales and Michael Edwards • November 4th, 2015 The Last Week’s Comics crew shares their thoughts on Black Magick # 1 and Batman ’66 # 72.
The Burnt Offering The Howls of the Damned By Stu Horvath • October 30th, 2015 Where are the songs that make us scream in terror?
A Ship of Broken Jedi By John Wm. Thompson • October 29th, 2015 “Every other character who can actually see the Force describes the player as a walking emptiness.” John Wm. Thompson on KOTOR2’s oddness and arguable success.
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.
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.