Why won’t the students and teachers at my Two Point Campus Knight School recognize its alluring aesthetics? Is it the haphazard way I’ve plastered posters across its stone walls, or the avant-garde nature of my exterior floral arrangements? Whatever it is, those who wander the halls and grounds of my …
Read More »Bloober Team is capable of a good Silent Hill 2 remake – but do we need one?
A Silent Hill 2 remake could be on the cards, with Layers of Fear developer Bloober Team at the helm. Depending on where you stand with the survival horror series and this particular studio, that sentence might excite or enrage. With E3 2022 just around the corner, things may become …
Read More »I tried a $12 gaming mouse and didnt hate it
PC gaming accessories can regularly run you into three-figure prices, but for all the flashy marketing, futuristic sensor names, and “revolutionary” switch revisions, a gaming mouse can only do so much for the everyday player. I’ve had my hands on plenty of the best gaming mouse models lining the shelves, …
Read More »Halo episode 3 review: “A mixed first impression of Cortana”
After a shaky start, the Halo series settled into its groove in its second episode. That rhythm, though, has given way to a slight lull in “Emergence”, a fairly uneventful episode that will best be remembered for offering a mixed first impression of Cortana. Much like with last week’s detour …
Read More »How Dragon Age Inquisition helped me find belonging as a trans man
Everyone benefits from having a reliable ensemble of fictional heroes, misfits, or outcasts to turn to when real-life obstacles feel insurmountable. Dragon Age Inquisition’s Thedas is where I always seem to return when life is hard to handle, and when I came out as a trans man, it provided no …
Read More »The Cycle Frontier closed beta preview
My squadmate and I are camped in the long grass outside an abandoned base in The Cycle: Frontier. There were three of us at the start of our mission, but one of our comrades fell during the last raid – ambushed from behind by a white-skinned alien on all fours, …
Read More »Zelda: Breath of the Wild broke the mould (and me) by breaking its weapons
I left part of my sanity on a beach in The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. After hours of failure from pillar to post in Hyrule, of dying at the hands of Bokoblins, Moblins, and various other iconic Zelda foes, I had a sword. A real sword. Not …
Read More »The new Iron Fist is just who we thought – but the mystery of his powers continues in Iron Fist #2
Update: February 16’s Iron Fist #1 (opens in new tab) confirmed once and for all that the new Iron Fist is in fact who everyone (including Newsarama, as you can read below) predicted: Lin Lie, the former Sword Master, whose namesake weapon was recently shattered (again, more on that if …
Read More »Death in superhero comics is meaningless – its about the stories that surround it
Death is the ultimate finale in superhero comics… but it is often also the implicit precursor (or promise, even) of an inevitable return. We sometimes trick ourselves to get lost in the moment (or lost in that cycle), but it’s true. As comics fans, we understand that any death in …
Read More »What Fortnites amorphic map says about live events and pop culture crossovers
When Travis Scott began plucking stars from the twinkling Fortnite sky my heart skipped a beat. We’re hardly out of the woods amid the ongoing global pandemic, but at the tail end of April 2020, quarantine restrictions had halted foreign travel. Enforced lockdowns had shuttered the hospitality industry overnight, and …
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