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Halo Is Another Carcass on the Heap of Bad Video Game Adaptations

Halo Is Another Carcass on the Heap of Bad Video Game Adaptations

The new Paramount+ series underestimates gamer audiences and falls into the “content-delivery”...

Even the Pandemic Couldn’t Stop Button Soccer

Even the Pandemic Couldn’t Stop Button Soccer

Traditionally played with buttons and bottle caps, this Brazilian game, usually...

Ghostwire: Tokyo Brings Japanese Folklore to the Masses

Ghostwire: Tokyo Brings Japanese Folklore to the Masses

The new action-thriller from Tango Gameworks uncovers universal themes by embracing...

Master Reveals the Finite Future of Social Thrillers

Master Reveals the Finite Future of Social Thrillers

For Black people and others who are continually at a disadvantage, the genre has...

Everything Everywhere All at Once Perfects Optimistic Nihilism

Everything Everywhere All at Once Perfects Optimistic Nihilism

Equal parts soul-searching and sci-fi, the movie takes the idea of the multiverse...

This Year’s Oscars Will Be Historic. Will Anyone Care?

This Year’s Oscars Will Be Historic. Will Anyone Care?

The 2022 Academy Awards telecast is expected to have some real (and contrived) firsts....

John Carpenter's The Thing Is a Paranoid Classic

John Carpenter's The Thing Is a Paranoid Classic

The film hasn't lost any of its creepy charm since it premiered in 1982.

A History of Hup, the Jump Sound in Every Video Game

A History of Hup, the Jump Sound in Every Video Game

You can hear it in your head: the grunt your character makes when hopping a fence...

How to Watch the 2022 Oscars

How to Watch the 2022 Oscars

Whether you want to stream it live on Sunday or catch highlights afterward, here’s...