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The hopes and fears of using a videogame as an online confession booth

The idea of a videogame acting as a confession booth is a distressing one. There’s a reason why the religious rite of penance is resolved in a two-person cubicle that can only be occupied by the sinner and a priest. This set-up allows for what is considered to be safe spiritual counseling. You can’t

Playlist: a trio of new videogames to delight you this week

Sign up to receive each week’s Playlist email here! Also check out our full, interactive Playlist section. REPRISAL UNIVERSE (PC AND MAC) BY ELECTROLYTE You are Thallos, a mighty warrior with a large tribe and powerful elemental totems. The world is yours … until your jealous siblings act all evil-s

The garish psychotronic madness of Uriel’s Chasm nods to early Swans

The band Swans have two distinct phases. The first is grimy, industrial no-wave that churns and roils Tetsuo-like with dystopic paranoia and twisted sexuality. The second phase—their current one—is patient, unfurling twenty-minute art rock tapestries largely devoid of distorted guitars and far more