Here is the story, told in three images, of the most 2025 American company imaginable.
Remember, at one point in history, GameStop was a bricks-and-mortar store that sold video games.
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HBO had a series of legendary stand-up specials in the 1990s,
While I wouldn’t agree with Chuck Schumer that the price of eggs is the most important thing on Americans’ minds these days, there’s no denying that eggs cost
Avowed is a vast game with some weirdly complicated progression elements about which the jury’s still out, but I want to praise a moment of pure, perfect simplicity. Near
One hundred billion American dollars. Keep that in mind as you watch this.
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That video was made in 2025.
UPDATE 7:20pm, Feb 17:
Viktor Antonov, an artist and art director who played a major role in defining the visual style of some of most visually-striking video games in the history of the medium,
In 2023 I did a whole art feature on Paul Chadeisson's Solstice-5, a cautionary film about the dangers of AI set against the backdrop of a bountiful--but barren--alien
The air is thick with anticipatory tension. There’s a vibe, a tingle, a sensation in the pit of everyone’s stomach. It’s like gazing upon a lightning rod