The Promised Neverland Challenges Our Relationship With Animals

I had no foreknowledge or expectations when I started watching The Promised Neverland. The show seems heartwarming at first, opening on a peaceful orphanage filled with smiling children that get along and play outside together. They all rely on Isabella, a woman they lovingly call “Mama,” for guidance and love.…

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FEATURES

The 10 Mass Effect scenes that’ll f*ck you up the most

In space, no one can hear you bawling your eyes out.

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‘Demonic’ Review: Like (Blood) Rain on Your Wedding Day

In ye olden days of 2009, when the lucrative power of a cinematic universe was still but a twinkle in an executive’s eye, District 9 briefly made director/co-writer Neill Blomkamp into Hollywood’s sci-fi golden boy. His subsequent output, however, hasn’t been all that steady — he has bounced between various…

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Demonic

REVIEWS

Dragon’s Dogma Sequel Announced During Anniversary Event

During Capcom’s Dragon’s Dogma anniversary event, the Japanese publisher finally made good on a long-rumored game announcement. Fans of 2012’s Dragon’s Dogma have reason to rejoice as Capcom has revealed Dragon’s Dogma 2, a sequel to the quiet critical darling that has been ported to pretty much every modern platform. The…

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NEWS

Strange New Worlds Gets Tough in ‘Lift Us Where Suffering Cannot Reach’

The Star Trek franchise is famously optimistic, set in a utopian future where anything is possible and no one is left behind. The aim of many Star Trek stories is to inspire us to do better, to be brave, compassionate, and curious. But it’s a compass, not a map, and…

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Star Trek: Strange New Worlds

TV/FILM

‘Men’ Review: Trash Indeed

Still recovering from the death of her husband James (Paapa Essiedu), Harper Marlowe (Jessie Buckley) has rented a country cottage, retreating to the sort of stone-and-brick village that makes her blue car look like an intruder. The landlord, Geoffrey (Rory Kinnear), seems harmless enough, insofar as she won’t be seeing…

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Men

TV/FILM

An Ode to My Launch PlayStation 4

As of today, November 11, 2020, my PlayStation 4 is the only console I’ve ever owned that lasted me an entire console generation. I bought the thing on launch day, November 15, 2013, and I fully expected to go through at least two PS4s in those seven years based on…

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The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles Wields Vintage Fashion as a Narrative Tool

Ace Attorney is a visual novel series about legal disputes and the judicial system, and over the past 20 years it’s carved a space for itself by transforming historically dull, monotonous court processes into some of the most dramatic reveals in games. It’s a series full of endless spectacle, and…

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The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles

FEATURES

Life is Strange: True Colors Leaves Old Characters and Episodic Format Behind

Deck Nine is developing the next game in the Life is Strange series called Life is Strange: True Colors. As previously announced, True Colors will star a new protagonist rather than revisiting Max Caulfield, Chloe Price, and the Diaz brothers from previous games. This story follows Alex Chen, an Asian-American empath capable of…

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NEWS

Destiny is Finally Solving Its Protagonist Problem

I’ll be the first to admit it: I love Destiny lore. From the series’s beginning, I’ve loved digging deep into the fictional sandbox that Bungie’s writers have built. It’s a world where immortal Thanatonauts spend their moments between temporary deaths and inevitable resurrections in meditation about space magic. It’s a…

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FEATURES

From An Accessibility Perspective, Halo Infinite’s Open World is Exhausting

In terms of first-person-shooters, Halo is my comfort series. Regardless of my strength or energy level, the simplistic and precise gunplay never fails to keep me entertained. And if I’m too weak to engage in multiplayer matches, the linear design of the campaigns makes me feel accomplished even if I…

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FEATURES

I am Setsuna review impressions

I am... not Chrono Trigger.

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