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The Orville Season 2 – Ep 2 Review

Warning: This review contains spoilers for the second episode of The Orville’s second season. Read at your own discretion. The Orville’s second season started off with a solid, character-focused episode. It brought each of the characters into the second season, shaking up…

Ares (TV series) Review

Ares is a Dutch-language and Dutch-produced series, released as a Netflix original on January 17th, 2020. In a tightly-written eight-episode season, with each episode about half an hour-long, Ares definitely has its share of scares. Most of them come from the things…

Discography Review: Turnover

For my second installment in Discography Review, I’m taking a look at a band that made a drastic change in their music over the span of their albums, one where the first release is basically unrecognizable compared to their most recent. Turnover,…

Killing Floor 2, The Escapists 2, & Lifeless Planet Free On Epic

Let’s recap this week’s news! Monday, I prattled on about Melbits World and Twitch Prime; meanwhile, Dmitry spoke of swimming in Animal Crossing New Horizons. Wednesday, Taylor spoke of the rumor that Microsoft is pushing their Smart Delivery system, and I broke out in tears and fears as Test…

A Mortician’s Tale (PC) Review

Warning: This article contains discussions of death, suicide, funerals, and transphobia. I recently played through A Mortician’s Tale, by Laundry Bear Games, purchased through the Bundle for Racial Justice and Equality on itch.io. Though the bundle is now closed, the game is…

Doctor Who “The Impossible Planet” & “The Satan Pit” Review

Warning: Links contained within this review may contain references to mature themes and feature strong language. This week’s Who review goes from one dark, dank, and depressing hellscape to another. The difference is I find nothing redeemable about these two episodes of…

Space Crew Demo First Impressions

Here’s a hypothetical question for us to ponder together, folks: what would you get if you crossed Subset Games’ 2012 title FTL: Faster Than Light with Curve Digital and Runner Duck’s 2017 joint venture, Bomber Crew? Well, thankfully, we no longer have…

Ready Player Two Announced For Later This Year

Many years ago, long before the age of the iPhone, there was this strange and wonderful thing that only weirdos and shifty characters inhabited. Video games have almost always been popular, growing exponentially in the 80s, 90s, and onwards. They are the…

Ys: Memories of Celceta (PS4) Review

I have been a fan of Nihon Falcom’s work for a while. Both the Ys franchise and the Legend of Heroes franchises are favorites of mine. Falcom has a way of infusing lore and depth into all of their stories, even things…

Women and Queerness in Horror: CAM

Warning: This article contains spoilers for Cam. Recently, I finally got around to watching Cam. I have a lot to say about this movie, but my biggest takeaway is that I absolutely loved it. Isa Mazzei’s script is confronting and thought-provoking while…