There is a classical Chinese story of the afterlife, in which the goddess Meng Po serves souls a soup that makes them forget all of…
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Mark Cerny’s nine minute reveal of the expected incremental update to the PS5, the PS5 Pro, was chock full of side by side comparisons, discussions…
For the past year, my wife and I have known that we were going to move from Fayetteville, Arkansas to the Dallas area. It took…
For a significant portion of my life, I was not able to discuss games critically or casually without someone bringing up “ludonarrative disonance.” “Ludonarrative disonance”…
The Star Wars Expanded Universe is a wild behemoth that is extremely intimidating to get into. On one side, you’ve got books set thousands of…
Editor’s note: this piece also appears on Lotus’ (very good) Patreon. Enjoy! The opening scene of Tekken 7 is a callback to its origins. A…
I’m a big, big, big fan of long video essays that dive deep into game mechanics. Whether I’m giving them my full attention, working alongside…
Ah, the yearly tradition of watching Evo, deciding to pick up a fighting game “seriously,” and then bouncing off days later when I realize the…
Remote work is mostly great. We found out between 2020 and 2021 that most of our white collar jobs can absolutely be done from our…
Though Metroid Prime 4: Beyond was technically the main event for June’s Nintendo Direct, its most interesting and important announcement came in the form of…