Unwinnable

Champions

By Stu Horvath and John McGuire • August 7th, 2023

Grab your cape, but only throw on the Queen song if you absolutely must!

A long corridor in a school building rendered in sepia tones.

Uprooting Time

By Phoenix Simms • August 4th, 2023

Déraciné is an interesting rumination on what makes game narratives convincing, but it’s also a game that effectively communicates EcoGothic fears of being at the mercy of nature.

Noise Complaint

12 Records I’ve Made the Time to Listen to So Far in 2023

By Ben Sailer • August 3rd, 2023

Feeling that 2023 is flying by too quickly, Ben stops to reflect on the music that has provided his soundtrack for the year to date.

Open World

A screenshot from the Simpsons featuring a plain cake with random letters sprawled all over which was made specifically for Homer to ruin so he wouldn't ruin Maggie's cake

It’s not sufficient to create the distraction – the distraction has to provide the illusion of not being distracted, and, in fact, of having your individualism or your thirst for change and influence slaked.

Here Be Monsters

The Unsettling Mindfulness of Horror

By Emma Kostopolus • August 2nd, 2023

To succeed in a survival horror experience, mindfulness is an incredibly helpful tool.

Exploits Feature

The Batman Problem

By Jeremy Greco • August 1st, 2023

In a game set in Gotham City, why would a player ever want to be anyone other than Batman?

Screenshot from Talk to Me, featuring the mummified medium's hand gracefully reaching out as if to be shaken with a lone candle in the background

I Don’t Get Nightmares: Scaring Yourself with Talk to Me (2023)

By Orrin Grey • July 31st, 2023

Talk to Me may be the most credible supernatural teen horror movie ever made, simply by dint of the way that the kids in the film turn the medium-istic hand into a party game, heedless of the larger questions it raises, or the possible consequences of their actions.