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
You'd think Sid Meier's Civilization--a game built on the same successful foundations for 34 years now--would be one of the most dependable video game series on
In December, shortly before Christmas, Activision terminated Allen Junge, a QA worker in Minneapolis, Minnesota. According to the Communications Workers of America (CWA), the union that represents Junge as well
With Warner Bros. owning Adult Swim, it sometimes feels like only a matter of time before the adult-oriented animation channel gets sent to the tax writeoff mines. Which makes its
On Tuesday, Buzzfeed CEO Jonah Peretti announced his company will be launching its own social media platform, news he buried at the end of a long, tone-deaf manifesto about how
There are certain games or works of art that I cannot recommend without severe caveats. Beyond Citadel fits this category. It is an unapologetically horny game that contains brutal and
Over the weekend, PlayStation Network – the backbone of PS5 and PS4’s online services – went down for roughly 24 hours. If we’re talking video game service outages in recent
This article contains some spoilers for the ending of Metaphor: ReFantazio
Over the past few months, I’ve picked up a nasty habit that I swore I’d kicked for
