Interview / Tie Me Up, Stare Me Down Is A Romance Manga Where Liberation Through Bondage Is The Real Kink Mangaka Zawayuki Taki on how her debut manga, Tie Me Up, Stare Me Down, demystifies the exoticism of Japanese SM Culture By Isaiah Colbert / 3 Aug 2026
News / Just After CEOs Praised Netflix's FIFA Game, Its Developer Has Reportedly Been Shut Down Both platform Netflix and publisher Delphi Interactive praised FIFA World Cup: Launch Edition in July By Riley MacLeod / 3 Aug 2026
Namco / Get Ready To Learn More About Namco Games Than You Ever Thought Possible 'This is quite literally the single largest creative project of my life' By Luke Plunkett / 3 Aug 2026
dark souls / They Could Never Make Me Hate Dark Souls II I have spent over a decade being told that Dark Souls II is bad. But history has vindicated the game, and I never let the haters win. By Chris Person / 31 Jul 2026
Hater Week / I Am Here To Defend The Noble Action Movie From The Classicist Emily Wilson A stupid movie isn't always a bad one. By Gita Jackson / 31 Jul 2026
Hater Week / Franchises Are Fine, Calm Down Sure, you get a lot of creatively bankrupt stuff. But occasionally it's really good so who cares? By Chris Person / 31 Jul 2026
Hater Week / What Aftermath Readers Hate Our readers get in on the Hater Week spirit by sharing their own gripes By Riley MacLeod / 31 Jul 2026
Hater Week / We’re Not Just Mad About Discs Going Away, We’re Mad About Everything It's about the discs, but it's not about the discs By Luke Plunkett / 31 Jul 2026
Hater Week / I Am Quietly And Perhaps Foolishly Optimistic About The Future Of Video Games Journalism 'It’s amazing how fast a business can move when you ARE the business' By Luke Plunkett / 30 Jul 2026
