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Wolfenstein: Youngblood Uses the Buddy System to Fight Nazis

Wolfenstein: Youngblood understands that the best way to kill Nazis is with a friend. The cooperative successor to Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus ...

By Riley ConstantineMarch 27, 2019

Column

Us Unearths the Horror Buried Beneath Comedy

Horror is comedy’s evil doppelganger. Punchlines and jump scares use similar cinematic tactics to coax laughs and screams out of audiences. Whether comedic ...

By Riley ConstantineMarch 27, 2019

Video Games

Devil May Cry 5

This week Yahtzee reviews Devil May Cry 5.

By Yahtzee CroshawMarch 27, 2019

Movies & TV

Men and Machine Share the Price of Neon Genesis Evangelion’s Violence

“Fighter planes and battleships have a simple, unadorned beauty I’m drawn to,” said animator and Neon Genesis Evangelion director Hideaki Anno in a ...

By Blake PlantyMarch 26, 2019

Art Must Be Ruined

Ant-Man and the Wasp Proved Small Stories Can Have a Big Impact

I wasn’t especially overwhelmed, or even impressed by Ant-Man and the Wasp when I saw it for the first time. I could barely ...

By Noah BerlatskyMarch 26, 2019

News

Sony’s State of Play Underwhelms, Focuses on VR

The PlayStation brand is in a transitory period. In late 2018, Sony Interactive Entertainment announced it was skipping E3 2019. While the reason ...

By Riley ConstantineMarch 26, 2019

Column

Why Too Much Success Is Bad for Crowdfunding

It’s been seven years since Tim Schafer kicked off the nostalgia-fueled video game crowdfunding craze with Broken Age. It wasn’t the first game ...

By Shamus YoungMarch 26, 2019

News

Apple Enters The Game Subscription Service War

Apple is betting the farm on video games! Again! Joining a rich lineage of gaming-centric products both successful — iTunes games in 2005 ...

By Riley ConstantineMarch 25, 2019

Column

Conspicuous Consumption Gets Competitive in Mercado

Rob was perusing the wares at the market, a sparkling spectacle of jeweled goblets, gilded books, and fine clothing available for purchase to ...

By Samantha NelsonMarch 25, 2019

Interview

When the Creator of Jet Set Radio Met the Creator of Symphony of the Night

I’ll cop to it: Revolve8 is precisely the sort of game I’m prone to ignoring entirely. Call it taste blindness; there are just ...

By Anthony John AgnelloMarch 25, 2019

Movies & TV

What Would Indy Do?

Why do so many movies borrow Indiana Jones’ best joke?

By Bob ChipmanMarch 25, 2019

News

Lucasfilm Games Isn’t Taking Star Wars Back

EA’s handling of the Star Wars IP is unpopular. Afterall, the publisher bungled both Star Wars Battlefront titles and isn’t averse to canceling ...

By Riley ConstantineMarch 22, 2019

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