Framing Dystopia

The sci-fi games of 2016 were full of dystopias -- and full of in-universe art created to support or destroy those dark worlds.

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Mafia III’s NPCs can teach you a lot about history, so long as you don’t murder them first

Incidental and ambient NPC dialogue in Mafia III is actually pretty rich with history.

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Seven great hardcore mobile games

For when you want to play very difficult games on a very tiny screen

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Natalie Flores’s Game of the Year 2020 List

As Samara once said in Mass Effect 2, “I am a ruined vessel of sorrow and regret, but I am free.” With this Game of the Year list, I will be free. Y’all, I am so very tired after 2020. This was a hellish year that was made so much…

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FEATURES

GCW Took Its Place in Wrestling History at the Hammerstein Ballroom

On May 19, 1915, a purported “international wrestling tournament” commenced at the Manhattan Opera House in New York City. Over the next year or so, such tournaments would feature future legends of the pioneer era such as Wladek Zbyszko, Dr. Benjamin Franklin Roller, The Masked Marvel, and Ed “Strangler” Lewis.…

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The Wrld on GCW crowd

WRESTLING

A Cynic’s Guide to Star Trek: Voyager

The years haven’t been terribly kind to Star Trek: Voyager, which marked its 25th anniversary this month. It’s sort of the Weezer “Green Album” to Deep Space Nine’s Pinkerton. Both shows were follow-ups to the beloved Star Trek: The Next Generation — Deep Space Nine struggled in first-run syndication while…

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Star Trek: Voyager

FEATURES

NXT TakeOver: WarGames Preview and Predictions

Since 2017, WarGames has remained one of NXT’s best shows, if not the hands down highlight of their year. While it shares little similarities with the Matthew Broderick film, the WarGames stipulation always brings out the intensity in any feud. This year, we’ve got two WarGames matches, one triple threat,…

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WRESTLING

I Hope Danganronpa Doesn’t Miss the Point of Danganronpa

Danganronpa is one of my favorite series in video games. But I don’t want another game set within its world because I like when things end, and Danganronpa has ended pretty definitively twice by this point. But we’re getting a new game when the series finally comes to Switch later…

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The Brutal Poetry of the Dog Collar Match

I haven’t had a lot to look forward to in wrestling lately. Eddie Kingston’s AEW debut and later title match, yeah. Yano Season, yes. Roman Reigns’ first title defense against Jey Uso, of course. But beyond that, the grim specter of 2020 has cast a pall on everything I’d otherwise…

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WRESTLING

Game of Thrones Recap – Season 6 Finale: Winds of Winter

"Yet, here I am. I believe in you."

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TV/FILM

A Super Simplified Guide to Every Major Character in Jump Force

The Jump Force roster is full to burst with characters from all across manga and anime. That’s… kind of the point! This crossover game is all about some of the greatest characters from mega-publisher Shonen Jump crossing paths in the most bombastic way possible. But not every character is as famous…

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Jump Force Vegeta

GUIDES