Reviews

Before the Fire Emblem games claimed the crown as Nintendo’s premier turn-based strategy game, there was Advance Wars. First released stateside at a calamitous moment — on Sept. 10, 2001...

In the business world, there’s a concept called scope creep. Unlike a lot of corporate jargon, scope creep means more or less what it says: It’s what happens when the...

The question of identity — of what makes a person who they are — is as much a matter of experience as it is of the perspective of one asking...

Dead Island 2 is a game lost in time. Over the course of a decade, its development has fallen to a trio of different studios, each attempting to shepherd a...

There are few things better than a well-made horror movie that knows exactly how silly it should be, which is why The Pope’s Exorcist absolutely rules. Yes, the movie where...

This review of New Gods: Yang Jian originally ran in conjunction with the movie’s theatrical release. It has been updated for the film’s digital release. See platform availability below. Fans...

Minecraft Legends has all of the beautiful, blocky visuals and goofy humor you’d expect. But much like Minecraft Dungeons, Legends transplants those comforting visuals into a whole new genre. Instead...

Path of Exile is entering the 10th year of its life, and so far, no other action-RPG can match its scope and breadth of content. Seasonal leagues and expansions did...

The coral grouper’s skin erodes like the living reefs it inhabits. Blue spots on vibrant orange skin are bleached white, decay rotting scales down to exposed bone. Dead-eyed and gaping,...

In 2021, Swedish author and human ecology professor Andreas Malm published the nonfiction book How to Blow Up a Pipeline, which argues that sabotage of industrial facilities and other pollution-causing...