In the past couple decades, anime has gone from a niche hobby in the West to a sensibility that suffuses large parts of mainstream culture. And yet, at least where
When OTK – short for One True King – was founded in 2020, it was far from the first streamer conglomerate/production company/lifestyle brand to plant its flag, but what it
There used to be words to describe this, but they were imperfect. They were abstract ideas, loosely gathered, that served as a way through. Before the words I needed became
I’m not a rollercoaster tycoon or a football manager but I do work in a museum, so, naturally, the recent game Two Point Museum grabbed my attention. It’s
There used to be a decades-old rule that, the longer a console was on sale, the cheaper it would get. That rule is now clearly dead in the water.
Sony&
Xalavier Nelson Jr might not be a household name, but you’ve probably seen him around. Maybe via one of the many, many games from his studio Strange Scaffold, like
Welcome to another instalment of What I Do, a regular Aftermath feature that takes a single person doing a single job in the video game industry and explains just what,
It’s been about a week since Nintendo’s Switch 2 Direct, which showcased the console, its upcoming slate of games, and (eventually) the price. Since then, the internet has
What if Riven was a roguelite? What if Telling Lies was a deckbuilder? What if Pipe Mania was themed like The Masque of the Red Death? What if the board game Carcassonne was also a mystery novel?
We’re a few years into a supposed artificial intelligence revolution, which could and should have been about reducing mundane tasks and freeing everyone up to do more interesting things
Like a lot of folks, Compulsion Games’ South of Midnight had me intrigued since its reveal, with its folklore-tinged world and painterly look. I’ve been playing it this weekend
The big news of the week – aside from another ruinous attack from the United States on its own economy – was the long-awaited debut of the Nintendo Switch 2. It looks
