Interlinked Bio Domes By Phoenix Simms • August 8th, 2024 Dragon Age: Veilguard is being released during a period of global climate change, which makes some players view the game and its devotion to world building with an ecological slant.
How an African Princess Became a Singer of a Queer-Affirming God By Elijah Beahm • August 7th, 2024 “Whenever I’m writing a song, whenever I’m singing a song, I make sure that I’m coming from a place of being free, just being free. I let my emotions speak through my song.”
Here Be Monsters HR is Having a Field Day: Still Wakes the Deep as the Lovecraftian Banal By Emma Kostopolus • August 7th, 2024 Still Wakes the Deep is essentially just being stuck in Hell with all your worst coworkers.
Mind Palaces 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.
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.
The Grimy Optimism of the Metro Series By J.M. Henson • August 2nd, 2024 There’s a sense of forward momentum in the tunnels.
