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a screenshot from the Cook Islands episode of Survivorman with Les sitting in an abandoned boat facing the camera and looking annoyed by the rain

Preparing for the Rain, Living Past the Rain

By J.M. Henson • December 9th, 2025

It’s hard to think about the future when you’re laser-focused on today.

A screenshot from the trailer for Class of 07, with a whole group of old classmates gathered together at night staring at something that appears to be quite concerning...

How to Survive Your Last High School Reunion

By Brea Shanice • February 29th, 2024

So, you’re at your reunion, and folks haven’t seen you in years. The question turns to your career, but you are quite embarrassed. What do you do? Lie, naturally. Well friend, I’m going to advise against lying about being a doctor, especially at your last reunion.

a screenshot from Final Fantasy VI, a cutscene showing the planet from space with several explosions and an ominous fault line crack

Final Fantasy, Zelda, and Gradients of Apocalypse

By Jonathan Fenn • May 15th, 2023

The act of actually representing the transition between these peace, conflict, disaster, and rebirth in game is a massive challenge.

A Golden Halo That Could Be the Sun Part I: Whose Apocalypse Is This?

By Autumn Wright • February 9th, 2023

What does the beauty of a world born anew look like from the depths?

The title screen for There Swings a Skull: Grim Tidings, featuring those words over an interior castle wall with a few coffins assembled

There Swings a Skull Completes the Bigger Picture with Grim Tidings

By Caroline Delbert • September 28th, 2022

How do you turn a tightly told jam game into something more? For Quinn K. and Conor Walsh, it was a creative challenge.

A drawing of the rapture.

Post-Post-Apocalyptic: Come Along with Me

By Autumn Wright • March 23rd, 2021

What comes after what comes after the world ends?

There Are Many Ways to Apocalypse.

By Autumn Wright • November 2nd, 2020

As much as it is about the extraordinary ways in which people live their normal lives, Adventure Time is comprised of endings.

Downfall Asks: How Do You Want to Spend the End of Days?

By Megan Condis • January 18th, 2016

A floating island, falsified data, collaboration and a society about to slide into oblivion.

The Burnt Offering

Eschatology

By Stu Horvath • May 21st, 2015

Stu Horvath wonders why the apocalypse hold such appeal in popular culture.

Bad Shit

By Joe DeMartino • May 19th, 2015

Want to never sleep again? Let Joe DeMartino tell you all the possible ways the world can end.