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Runescape Arrives on Steam

It’s been one of those weeks where a Wednesday feels like a Friday, hasn’t it? Maybe it is just me, but RuneScape’s Steam release has added to the slightly surreal feeling that’s settled over just about everything, lately. The announcement of RuneScape…

Max Payne 3 (PC) Review

After playing through the series, I’ve finally come to the end of Max Payne. Not to be confused with The Fall of Max Payne, the moniker of Max Payne 2, Max Payne‘s 3rd outing truly feels like the climax and falling action of the…

Women and Queerness in Horror: Martyrs (2008)

Warning: This article contains discussion of racism, war, child abuse, abduction, torture, murder, mental illness, self-harm, suicide, gore, and spoilers for Martyrs. Boy, oh, boy am I glad you all are around to help me unpack this week’s pick so I can…

The Dungeon Of Naheulbeuk (PC) – Review

The Dungeon of Naheulbeuk: The Amulet of Chaos is easily one of the longest titles I’ve heard this year, and I’m sure it wouldn’t mind being a bit longer too. A high fantasy RPG with turn-based strategy gameplay and a hyper satirical (though…

Possible Joy-Con Price Cut Coming?

Nintendo Switch Joy-Cons are incredibly expensive. The cost is especially high given their rate of drifting and natural wear and tear. It’s a great concept, snap the controller on and off a tablet with ease. Unfortunately, mechanical issues are making them a…

The Boys Season 2 Review

WARNING! Spoilers for The Boys season 2 are present in this article. After a month of spreading out the latter five episodes, The Boys season 2 has finally wrapped up in righteous fashion. Personally, as convenient as it would be to binge the season in its…

Space Crew (PC) Review

An exceptionally wise man once said, “[The] only question I ever thought was hard was, ‘do I like Kirk or do I like Picard?’”. That exceptionally wise man is, of course, none other than “Weird Al” Yankovic. Specifically, the quote in question…

Payday 2 (Xbox One) – Review

Warning: The following article contains an embedded video that may feature strong language. Reader’s discretion is advised. I said it in the video that I did for the site’s YouTube channel; Violence of any kind is wrong, and that includes against people…

WoW: Shadowlands’ Pre-Patch is Imminent

Join me in rejoicing, my fellow denizens of Azeroth! The two-year-long saga that has been World of Warcraft: Battle for Azeroth has finally concluded and made way for new content. I’m positively ecstatic to report that as part of the Shadowlands pre-expansion…

Lovecraft Country Episode 8 Review: “Jig-A-Bobo”

Warning: This article contains discussion of murder, child death, lynching, racism, police brutality, images of body horror, and spoilers for Lovecraft Country. This episode was … a lot. For the majority of its runtime, it was a lot in a good —…