Reviews

Yara, the Cuba-inspired region in which Far Cry 6 takes place, is introduced as a “tropical paradise frozen in time.” Its people once raised arms to overthrow a dictator, but...

I haven’t gotten lost in a Metroid game since 1994. I mean truly lost, wandering the corridors wondering where to go next. Every Metroid game released since Super Metroid has...

Even when the Nintendo Switch launched in 2017, it was a dinosaur. In terms of raw horsepower, it was far from cutting edge; the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One ran...

Myths often attempt to place structure on things humanity considers inexplicable, and for some reason, women have often been placed in that category. Misogyny has shaped religious and cultural belief...

The introduction to Outer Wilds: Echoes of the Eye is Hall of Fame worthy, so comically hidden that players could complete the entirety of Outer Wilds without knowing they’d missed...

Flames of Freedom Grim & Perilous RPG, the latest from Andrews McMeel Publishing, begins with a bold assertion. It instructs players, firmly and directly, to scrap the conventionally taught history...

Artificial intelligences — robots, cyborgs, humanoids, all that jazz — are often divided into two factions in sci-fi. They’re either humanity’s overlords, or they’re our servants, and whatever friction exists...

When one of the characters on HBO Max’s Doom Patrol mentions that it’s the year 2021, it feels wrong, given how unstuck in time the characters have always been. Mastermind...

I never knew it would feel so good to do a slam dunk as Pikachu until I picked up Pokémon Unite. As I hold the button, I can almost feel...

In the weeks since the stage-to-screen musical Dear Evan Hansen premiered at the 2021 Toronto International Film Festival, the film has endured the exact sort of public mockery that would...