‘Red Rocket’ Review: Donuts to Dollars

Like a lot of characters in director/co-writer Sean Baker’s ballooning Rolodex of marginalized Americana, Mikey Saber (Simon Rex) in Red Rocket is very much down and out. We first see him with bruises on his face, sleeping on the bus ride to his hometown of Texas City. NSYNC’s “Bye Bye Bye” plays…

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2019 in Wrestling: The Resuscitation of Jon Moxley, Wrestler of the Year

Dean Ambrose was one of the reasons I got into wrestling. I don’t even remember how I found him specifically, because I know it wasn’t in a match, but I have a very distinct memory of watching him cut a promo back in 2016 with greasy bangs and a leather…

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Intimate Space: The State of Queerness in Mass Effect

In Mass Effect’s vision of the far-flung future, humanity has integrated into a galactic society. Long gone are the otherings and dissension of modern-day Earth, as humans take their place in the stars beyond. At least, that’s the future it posits on the surface. In practice? Mass Effect is an…

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Destiny 2 Gambit Prime Guide: Tips, New Armor, Roles

With the Season of the Drifter, Destiny 2 is getting a brand new multiplayer mode. It’s called Gambit Prime, and as described by Bungie developers, it’s the “sweatier” version of the PvEvP game mode from the main game. But the new mode brings some solid rewards in return. It also…

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78 Degrees of Wrestling: The Major Arcana of AEW (Part II: The Soul of Will)

To read the previous installment of Martin’s exploration of the major arcana of AEW, click here.  VIII. Strength: Kris Statlander In many different contexts—obviously including pro wrestling—strength is a term used as a synonym of domination. We are conditioned to think of strength when we think of someone conquering another…

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WandaVision Episode 3 “Now In Color” Review

This week’s new WandaVision clearly marks the end of act one of the nine-part event series, changing the stakes of the fantasy world in which the main characters are living as well as giving us our first peek at what’s really going on. As with the first two episodes, the…

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Anthem Masterwork & Legendary Weapons Guide: All Weapons

Destiny and The Division have Exotics. Borderlands has Pearlescents. Now, Anthem has Masterworks. Well, technically there are both Anthem legendary weapons and Anthem masterwork weapons. The difference between the two isn’t huge. They’re just the same weapons with slightly different stats. Our Anthem Masterwork & Legendary weapons guide runs down all of…

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Keeping Demon Busting Alive: The Story of Shin Megami Tensei: ReIMAGINE

The second half of the 2000s were a weird time for online video games. MMOs were being released by the dozen every couple of months, with such memorable titles as Asda Story, Elsword, and Tabula Rasa all launching at or around the same time. The only one of these you…

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FFXIV Raid Guide – Pandaemonium Asphodelos: The First Circle (Savage)

Welcome to the first Savage raid of the Final Fantasy XIV: Endwalker patch cycle! You faced off against a mind-controlled, rage-filled Erichthonios in the standard version of this encounter. Now he’s back! Like previous Savage encounters, however, this fight builds upon everything in the Normal fight. Only with new, fiendish…

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The Ethics of Empathy in Life is Strange: True Colors

This article contains nonspecific spoilers for Life is Strange: True Colors. Although, it does mention the game’s core mystery, which has been mentioned in the game’s marketing since the beginning. Life is Strange: True Colors’ supernatural elements feel a bit different than its predecessors, in that much of protagonist Alex…

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Void Bastards Review: Paperwork at the End of the Universe

Void Bastards is the realization of a science fiction dream — especially if you were the only kid in class who knew what “42” meant, and thought bureaucracy was the height of comedy before you were old enough to have a job. This is Brazil and The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy…

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The Falcon and the Winter Soldier Episode 5 “Truth” Review

Admittedly, I have been pretty hard on The Falcon and the Winter Soldier. Soured a bit from the taste of the recent WandaVision finale, I had serious doubts about Marvel Studios’ willingness to commit to the bigger ideas the show promised to explore at the outset. I’ve criticized the chemistry…

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