When we talk about inverted controls for video games, we’re usually talking about the way the camera moves vertically, called the y-axis. We talk about how the screen should
Back in July, Riley went public with some very important news: as a newly middle-aged man, he had developed a passion for historical armed conflicts, and was beginning to express
Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic nominee for mayor of New York City, is currently over 20 points ahead of his nearest general election rival, Andrew Cuomo, who he already obliterated during
Modern action cinema owes a lot to The Raid and John Wick as mythic revenge arcs littered with bone-crunchingly innovative action choreography that reshaped the genre. But somewhere along the
On Friday, I went to a rave celebrating a series about fleet-footed anime girls based on real-life race horses. Today, the most-beloved of those IRL inspirations, a dismally untalented horse
Oh boy, it's time for another instalment of What I Do, our regular feature showcasing just what it is that individuals across the video game industry actually do
In “Planetary Consciousness,” Alan Moore’s introduction to the 2000s DC comic Planetary by Warren Ellis, the legendary author didn’t just herald a new era of comics—he forecasted
It’s here. It’s real. It briefly broke Steam. If you even casually follow video game news, you already know I’m talking about Hollow Knight: Silksong. The bug-tastic
In February, Civilization VII released to what feels like (the internet wasn't around in the 90s!) the worst reception in series history, its major new features dividing fans
Last year I wrote about a general malaise in the sports gaming world, brought about mostly by the fact that the relentless need to release a new game every year--colliding
Over the past several years, indie developers have raised more than $1 million for Palestinian aid; in 2021, the Indie Bundle for Palestinian Aid raised nearly $900,000 for the
