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Michael Mann: cinema’s glitch auteur
“Am I being tangible enough for you?”
Zach Budgor
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Crossing Souls wants to make you feel like a kid again
A sweet, scary ode to childhood.
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Storybundle brings a stellar holiday collection of games writing
Do ereaders dream of electric stocking stuffers?
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This short film celebrates the beauty of space
In space, no one can hear you gawk.
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A video handily explains all the wonderful things videogames do for your brain
It’s well-documented at this point that playing videogames has an effect on your brain. It’s just what effect, exactly, that scientists haven’t quite figured out. Something to do with decision-making and sensory awareness, right? But it’s a step toward appreciating games for what they are—valuable i
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This is what a $1,500 limited-edition Neo Geo looks like, and it is beautiful
Handsome devil.
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These glitches turn Assassin’s Creed Unity into a grotesque worthy of Picasso and Goya
Liberté, Égalité, Terreur
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Bycatch smartly distills drone warfare into a card game
This season of Homeland opened with a botched drone strike, and six episodes later teetered on a moment where a drone nearly became an instrument of revenge. Granted, Homeland is about one Jason-masked murder rampage from 24 territory, but the show usually mirrors one actual political concern per se
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Vektor thinks mega-cities aren’t all that rad after all
Future-hell in the year 199X.
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Wandering the hypnagogic kaleidoscope with Parasomnia
The 2010 sf/slasher hybrid Beyond the Black Rainbow was the best argument for shooting on film since…well, since the days where there was no other option. Directed by first-timer Panos Cosmatos (son of George P. Cosmatos, director of the hands-down best movie where Sylvester Stallone eats pizza with
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Lucas Pope finds his procedural zen
The follow-up to Papers, Please is looking lovely and decidedly lo-fi.
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Hell-bent for leather with Bayonetta 2
Stand by for Exciter.