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Mind Palaces
A scene from Dune shows the silhouette of a man looking out across a vast expanse of organized troops in a desert landscape.

Honor Among Adaptations

By Maddi Chilton • May 4th, 2023

A faithful adaptation can be satisfying, but an unfaithful adaptation can be invigorating.

Here Be Monsters
A dimly-lit hallway extends forward into the unknown, lined with identical doorways on each side.

Videogames and the Global Haunted House

By Emma Kostopolus • May 3rd, 2023

The internet is now a place where creations such as SCP: Containment Breach can exist because of the cumulative creative and intellectual work of an entire community of people.

I Played It, Like, Twice...
Box art for the board game 13 Dead End Drive, featuring cartoon depictions of a sour old man as the butler and a shifty-eyed maid, as well as a swinging chandelier over a nervous chef, a bumbling tennis nephew, spooked librarian, worried psychic, and other money-hungry family folks

A Dark and Stormy Night: The Old Dark House Vibes of 13 Dead End Drive

By Orrin Grey • May 2nd, 2023

The traps are pretty much the game’s whole gimmick but, ironically, you don’t need any of them to play.

Self-Insert

Cisswap

By Amanda Hudgins • May 2nd, 2023

Known under many tags (including Rule 63, genderbending, gender swap, Always a Different Sex), cisswap is an fandom device most commonly used to make male characters women.

Empire of the East

By Stu Horvath and John McGuire • May 1st, 2023

So wait, demons are nukes? Apparently! At least as far as Fred Saberhagen is concerned.

Exploits Feature

Mechanical Sympathy

By Van Dennis • May 1st, 2023

“…you learn to care for a machine to the point where you see it as more than just metal.”

Run It Back
A promo image for John Waters' Serial Mom showing the title character posed in front of a white picket fence in a cheery polka-dot dress. She smiles sinisterly while holding a knife above a pristine cherry pie, though the knife seems to already have some of the red filling smeared on the blade. Unless...

1994

By Oluwatayo Adewole • April 28th, 2023

The year of John Wayne Gacy’s execution, Jeffrey Dahmer’s baptism and John Waters’ suburban comedy Serial Mom.

Eyeing Elsewhere
A close-up of Leon Kennedy in Resident Evil 4 Remake. He's got a chiseled jaw, a cleft chin, and a fantastic head of blonde hair that falls into his eyes just so.

What Are Ya Buyin’?

By Phillip Russell • April 27th, 2023

From what I’ve played of Resident Evil 4 Remake thus far, I’ve come to feel that while I am immensely enjoying the game, I wonder why it exists.

Noise Complaint
Three hands reach towards a slate-blue sky. They seem to be illuminated by a the light of a deep orange sunset, or perhaps a fire.

Calling In a Noise Complaint

By Ben Sailer • April 26th, 2023

After four and a half years of writing the Collision Detection column, Ben starts something new by going back to something old.

The Beat Box
A snapshot of Butters the cat, a soft tabby in mid-meow. She was a great one.

Noteworthy Hip Hop – April 2023

By Noah Springer • April 25th, 2023

RIP to a real one.

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