A few weeks ago we delivered to you the first of two promised episodes on the open-world RPG “Biomutant.” It wasn’t a teaser as much as it was a review in progress. Well, this week, we’re finishing our discussion of… Read More ›
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Getting to Know “Biomutant”
Up today on the podcast we have the first of two planned installments on the video game, “Biomutant.” A post-apocalyptic role-playing game, “Biomutant” allows you to wander about a destroyed version of our world as a… well, a kind of… Read More ›
Warring Road Trips: “The Wizard” and “1917”
What does it mean to struggle with a personal crisis? What does it mean to be going through hell? How can movies harness those ideas? In “1917” we see two soldiers have to go behind enemy lines to stop British… Read More ›
Parsing a new World with “Stela”
Generally speaking, I don’t play video games that are strictly platformers. I will take on a Metroidvania-style title, yes, but more often than not I go for vast, open world, RPGs, the kind of game that I can sink 100—or… Read More ›
"Lass is More" Acknowledges "Warcraft" Gets so Much Right but is Still Wrong
There are an incredible number of things that go into making a movie. Seriously, it’s a truly staggering number of things, especially for a big budget film. A movie like “Warcraft” somehow manages to succeed on nearly every level. It… Read More ›