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Opinion

Games We Play to Connect

When I was in eighth grade, my family moved from Dallas to Spring Green, Wisconsin, which was a culture shock of galactic magnitudes. ...
By Sean SandsJanuary 23, 2019
Opinion

Evil is the Hardest (and Best) Choice in Red Dead Redemption 2

I love playing the bad guy. Whether it’s as a treasure-hungry pirate in Sea of Thieves or a member of the Black Hand ...
By Collin MacGregorJanuary 22, 2019
News

Machinima Purges Years of YouTube Content

Online content is finite. The belief that our favorite articles, artwork, or videos will be available online for perpetuity is misguided. While uploading ...
By Riley ConstantineJanuary 22, 2019
Art Must Be Ruined

Superhero Films Could Borrow Some Moves from Into the Badlands

One of my favorite moments in Into the Badlands is only a few seconds long. Our hero Sunny (Daniel Wu) is fighting 30 ...
By Noah BerlatskyJanuary 22, 2019
Reviews

Review: Resident Evil 2

It only took 22 years of soul searching, but Resident Evil has finally found itself. The series has from the beginning shifted in ...
By Anthony John AgnelloJanuary 22, 2019
Column

The News Keeps Getting Worse at Activision

Over the last few weeks, it appears that Activision has gone off the rails and is now caught in a spiral of misfortune ...
By Shamus YoungJanuary 22, 2019
Column

Spend a Horrific Year Playing Apocrypha

I spent New Year’s Eve joining a local tradition in Candlepoint, Wisconsin: The Polar Plunge. My hometown of Chicago does a similar event ...
By Samantha NelsonJanuary 21, 2019
Interview

Donkey Kong 64 Stream Raises $340K for Trans Charity

Trans rights in the United Kingdom are in a precarious position. Newspapers, tabloids, and online publications regularly produce content portraying trans people as ...
By Riley ConstantineJanuary 21, 2019
Movies & TV

Mischief Managed

The Harry Potter prequels are terrible ⁠— are they really going to make us watch five more of them?
By Bob ChipmanJanuary 21, 2019
News

Anthem’s Good Looks Might Not Be Enough

I am worried about BioWare and Anthem. The studio’s GaaS-fueled MMORPG shooter is fastly approaching its February 22, 2019 release date, yet audience ...
By Riley ConstantineJanuary 18, 2019
From the Developer

Where YIIK: A Postmodern RPG Was Born

Finding a collaborator who shares your artistic aspirations and vision is an incredible challenge. I was lucky enough to be born with one. ...
By Andrew AllansonJanuary 18, 2019
A Dog's Way Home
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A Dog’s Way Home

A Dog’s Way Home is fine. It’s nothing special, nothing awful, and not a particularly noteworthy thing in anyone’s filmography one way or ...
By Bob ChipmanJanuary 18, 2019

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