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Neva, Gris’s successor, is devastatingly beautiful
I am not a woman with a sword, and I do not live in a soft watercolor world quickly engulfed by dark, spindly shadows. But I feel like I do. Most days are a struggle as I strike back against the abyss that threatens to overwhelm; I have a…
Metaphor: ReFantazio’s music is distracting because it canonically resides entirely in the…
In April, as part of a promotional video about Metaphor: ReFantaziodirector Katsura Hashino quietly dropped a fact (via translator) that has haunted me ever since: “The music you hear in the game is in the main character's head.” As he…
With Penguin’s Hangman twist, it has finally become a real Batman show
I've had a few friends ask me what I thought The penguinHBO's spin-off miniseries based on Matt Reeves' setting The Batmanand to all of them I said, 'I mean, it's a good crime show, and there's nothing wrong with that, but, like... what am…
How to get Ice Breaker in Destiny 2
Icebreaker returns Lot 2 as part of the October 2024 Revenant Act I.The exotic sniper rifle of the very beginning Destination has been one of the most notable omissions when it comes to gun returns, and while it doesn't quite offer infinite…
Cain is the horror hit of the year for tabletop gaming, buy it now on itch.io
Games played entirely in the imagination are a hard sell. To successfully construct scenes, a player needs solid cultural touchstones, a strong visual identity, and a sense of which beats make up a dramatic scene. Cainthe new tabletop…
The Penguin just dropped another Batman villain in Gotham
The penguin is defiantly resistant to digging too deeply into the Batman canon. A spin-off from the more rough and grounded The Batmanthe HBO show has focused on its titular Batman antagonist and the much more street-mafia war set in motion…
Terrifier 3’s goriest scene owes a debt to Psycho, Scarface, and Passion of the Christ
Don't get too attached to the characters Scarer 3the latest film in Damien Leone's viral splatter series about the evil murder mime Art the Clown. This episode provides a clearer picture of what the series mainstay Art the Clown actually…
We need to talk about the “people” in Metaphor: ReFantazio
Metaphor: ReFantazio isn't a horror game – it's a fantasy RPG with a story that gets better as it goes along and a combat system that's complex and satisfying. But every time I encounter the "humans," monsters whose visual design looks…
Where Lara Croft goes in Tomb Raider season 2
Tomb Raider fans, bless them, spend a lot of time wondering how the series all syncs up. If the Lara Croft we saw in the original '90s games is the same as the grittier Lara from the Survivor trilogy, what happened in between to make it all…
The best thrillers to watch on Netflix in October
Netflix is kicking off the fall season with a series of great additions in October, including quite a few thrillers. Along with the long-awaited sequel to Netflix's knotty thriller The platformthe streamer also added quite a few older…