halloween
14 under-the-radar tales to freak you out this Halloween
Including movies, books, podcasts, and asking your friends to tell you a scary story.
video games
Silksong hates you because it wants to teach you to dance
A game already notorious for its difficulty finds art and beauty amid destruction, Lily Osler writes.
movies
Episodes Monday Rundown July 14 - 20 2025
This week: Red Rooms! Sorry, Baby! Donkey Kong! And we're recapping Star Trek: Strange New Worlds!
video games
On having a body in Hollow Knight
How video games like Hollow Knight make movement central to their storytelling, by Lily Osler.
rundown
Episodes Monday Rundown March 31 - April 6 2025
This week: An amazing short-story collection about sexless jerks. And a mystery game!
rundown
Episodes Monday Rundown: Jan. 1 - 5 2025
Speed Racer, Nickel Boys, and two of 2024's most acclaimed novels.
video games
Stardew Valley bachelors and bachelorettes, ranked
Plus: An impassioned defense of Haley.
mailbag
January mailbag!
This month: Why are video-game adaptations so hard? Also: How to get feedback.
Episodes: The scariest computer game I've ever played
You wouldn't know it to look at me now, but I was a bit of a nerd in my middle school days, and the way that nerdery most consistently manifested itself was via the playing of graphic adventure games. Graphic adventure games, for those of you who don&