Generative AI is a spam nightmare
Generative AI could be cool, if it weren’t the latest way to turn media into content into spam.
Pokémon Scarlet and Violet
Each new mainline Pokémon game is the best mainline Pokémon game.
Losing Batman
How Kevin Conroy’s life as a gay man helped shape the best vision of Batman in our generation, and how we talk about him after his death.
Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak
Comically dense, visually inventive, and intoxicatingly rewarding - a game that’s as hard to recommend as it is to explain.
Hating the player
Whose fault is it when playing a game makes you feel bad, and how did we start getting games like this?
Horror for Kidz
Can you make good horror for kids? What would it look like, and why is it Steven Universe?
Resident Evil Village
Resident Evil Village is half a really great game, and half its own terrible sequel, smashed together.
Doki Doki Literature Club Plus!
A delightful dessert of a dating sim/horror game that I can’t stop thinking about.
Skyrim vs. Witcher 3, part 4: Immersion
In the final part of our comparison of these two open-world RPG juggernauts, we talk about what it takes to get lost in a game’s world - with special guest cameos from thirsty Greek gods and zombie knights!
Skyrim vs. Witcher 3, part 3: Mechanics and Meaning
In part three of the review of these two acclaimed open-world RPGz, we get into some blood, guts, and lore. This is a great fight - are you ready? Go!
Skyrim vs. Witcher 3, part 2: Morality
In part two of this brawl between open-world RPG heavyweights, I ask light questions - like “What’s the point of choosing between good and evil?” Let’s rock!
Skyrim vs. Witcher 3, part 1: The Open World
Asking what it means to be an open-world RPG by pitting two titans of the genre against each other. The current stage: Changing the world! Are you ready? Fight!
Mortal Shell
A game made by developers who loved DARK SOULS so much that they lovingly recreated and exaggerated all of its worst parts.
Silent Hill 4: The Room
Silent Hill, giant robots, and late-night walks with headphones on blur together in an introspective review about a hidden gem of crystallized melancholy.