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God of War Ragnarök’s roguelite DLC is an excellent ode to Hades

A snappier pace allows minor character arcs to flourish

By Diego Nicolás Argüello

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The Zone of Interest breaks dangerous new ground in exploring the Holocaust

It’s innovative, challenging, and one of 2023’s best movies

By Austen Goslin

The Iron Claw has Zac Efron doing Greek tragedy in spandex

By Chris Plante December 12

Some movies are safe. Eileen is a dare.

By Joshua Rivera December 7

Warhammer’s excellent new smol-scale wargame exposes a big weakness

By Charlie Hall November 20

Movie delay be damned, Dune: Imperium - Uprising brings the battle for Arrakis home

By Charlie Hall November 10

Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes gives the dystopia fad the ending it deserved

By Petrana Radulovic November 9

The Steam Deck OLED improves much more than its screen

By Chris Plante November 9

Blue Eye Samurai is the best thing Netflix has done in years

By Petrana Radulovic November 3

Godzilla Minus One is the throwback Godzilla fans have been waiting for

By Chris Plante November 1

Alan Wake 2 is worth every minute of the 13-year wait

By Toussaint Egan October 26

Martin Scorsese’s Killers of the Flower Moon aims a righteous fury at American history

By Oli Welsh October 19

Super Mario Bros. Wonder is a perfect end for the Switch

By Chris Plante October 18

Spider-Man 2 toys with Marvel history to be as much fun as possible

By Grayson Morley October 16

The Beast is the purest science fiction experience a movie can offer

By Siddhant Adlakha October 12

Counter-Strike 2 pulls off a monumental task

By Charlie Theel October 5

Assassin’s Creed Mirage’s focus makes it one of the best games in the series

By Tauriq Moosa October 4

The puzzle game Cocoon is impossibly good

By Grayson Morley September 28

Ticket to Ride Legacy tosses American history in the trash, and it’s better for it

By Charlie Hall September 25

No One Will Save You unleashes a terrifying alien twist on the home invasion thriller

By Toussaint Egan September 21

Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty almost corrects the past

By Toussaint Egan September 20

Lies of P carves a singular space out of the Soulsborne genre

By Diego Nicolás Argüello September 13

When puzzle game Chants of Sennaar is on a roll, there’s nothing else like it

By Emily Price September 9

Hayao Miyazaki’s The Boy and the Heron is a gloriously demented farewell

By Cezary Jan Strusiewicz September 6

Even for Wes Anderson, Netflix’s Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar is a charming oddity

By Siddhant Adlakha September 3

D&D’s latest campaign book feels specially made for fans of Baldur’s Gate 3

By Charlie Hall August 31

The Ernest & Celestine sequel is, improbably, one of 2023’s best political movies

By Andy Crump August 30

Armored Core 6 brings mecha to the masses

By Michael McWhertor August 23

Metalocalypse’s finale movie is a climax worth the wait

By Toussaint Egan August 22

Baldur’s Gate 3 is a masterpiece built on a bad tabletop game

By Gita Jackson August 18

Watch Oldboy in theaters because it’s still terrific, not just because it’s influential

By Tasha Robinson August 17

Sky Team board game sticks the landing at this year’s Gen Con

By Charlie Theel August 8

Resident Evil meets the Muppets in this fantastic survival-horror game

By Toussaint Egan August 4

Heartstopper season 2’s gut punches push it way beyond romantic ‘fluff’

By Nicole Clark August 3