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The Landscape of Gaming — Have We Sacrificed Fun for Power?

The Landscape of Gaming — Have We Sacrificed Fun for Power?

In the quest to make gaming consoles more powerful, have we forgotten what made games fun in the first place?
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Keith Price
How ‘Life Is Strange 2’ Uses Politics to Foster Empathy

How ‘Life Is Strange 2’ Uses Politics to Foster Empathy

‘Life Is Strange 2’ is centred on empathy because the choices you have to make are often morally ambiguous
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Ines
Longlegs — A Gorgeous and Eerie Crime-Horror

Longlegs — A Gorgeous and Eerie Crime-Horror

Captivating and tense, it reinvigorates a familiar concept through sound execution, albeit fumbling a bit towards the end.
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Asadullah Khan
‘Squid Game’ and the Death of Media Literacy

‘Squid Game’ and the Death of Media Literacy

Sadistic recreations like Beast Games indicate that some people have missed the message behind the original Squid Game
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Daley W.
LATEST
Tarantino’s Foot Thing

Tarantino’s Foot Thing

You can’t excuse everything as ‘good direction’, Quentin.
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Cariad Jones
Civil War, Interview with the Vampire, and The Economist

Civil War, Interview with the Vampire, and The Economist

Entertainment. News. It’s all media.
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Oscar
Joker: Folie à Deux — What a Waste!

Joker: Folie à Deux — What a Waste!

It's an unnecessary, unfocused, and unfounded sequel with an abysmal conclusion
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Asadullah Khan
‘Melty Blood’ is My Favorite Fighting Game For Losers

‘Melty Blood’ is My Favorite Fighting Game For Losers

‘Melty Blood’ is a blisteringly paced, high-octane fighter about high schoolers, maids, and priests fighting vampires.
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Ben Copeland
TRENDING
‘Saturday Night’ is a Thrilling Race Against the Clock

‘Saturday Night’ is a Thrilling Race Against the Clock

Though its eagerness for trivia and mythologising gets old quickly, this depiction of SNL’s opening night is a fun, chaotic ensemble piece
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Cian McGrath
‘The Art of Radiant’ Celebrates A Decade of Memories

‘The Art of Radiant’ Celebrates A Decade of Memories

This artbook is an over-the-shoulder look at how Radiant came to be
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Dark Aether
The Switch 2 Is Nintendo’s Most Lukewarm Announcement Yet

The Switch 2 Is Nintendo’s Most Lukewarm Announcement Yet

“It looks okay, I guess.”
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Ben Copeland
‘We Live in Time’ is a Solid, if Unremarkable, Love Story

‘We Live in Time’ is a Solid, if Unremarkable, Love Story

A non-linear chronology of events and two excellent leading performances keep John Crowley’s latest film afloat
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Cian McGrath
‘Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl’ is the Legendary Franchise’s Weakest Outing

‘Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl’ is the Legendary Franchise’...

But even the worst movie in the Wallace & Gromit series is worth watching, with an iconic villain making a triumphant return
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Cian McGrath
Tokyo Godfathers: The Not-So-Christmasy Christmas Anime

Tokyo Godfathers: The Not-So-Christmasy Christmas Anime

A unique tale about the Christmas spirit woven with scenes of yakuza assassination attempts, drag bars, and attempted patricide
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Heather Veley
Guns, Swords, and Magic: Comics I’ve Been Reading — Part 21

Guns, Swords, and Magic: Comics I’ve Been Reading — Part 21

Dang, it’s been a long time since I’ve done one of these
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Heather Veley
An Ugly, Monstrous 2024 Best-Of

An Ugly, Monstrous 2024 Best-Of

2024 sucked, but at least we wrote about Dune a lot
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Oscar
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