I’ve been trying to climb the side of this sheer cliff face for several hours using only my feet. The path is tricky and winding but at this point I know the footholds better than the faces of some of my friends. Some of them involve slightly shimmying my feet on a thin ridge of rock. Others involve lifting my leg out from the cliff face, swinging it over, and planting my foot until I feel something firm enough to lift my body up. I misjudge a step, my character tumbles

Sometimes you just need an excuse to talk about a good game. is extremely good, and these patch notes are a good enough excuse.

I wrote about Skin Deep 's deft mix of slapstick humor and immersive sim clockwork level skulduggery earlier this year, but since then, it has come out, gained official mod support, and gone on sale. There’s also a new patch, which is illustrative of Skin Deep ’s whole thing: systems interlocking with systems interlocking with systems to form an intricate latticework that

Fortnite maker Epic Games is suing two Michigan men, Idris Nahdi and Ayob Nasser, for allegedly abusing the Fortnite Island Creator program by artificially inflating engagement on their creations.

The company’s lawyers allege in a complaint filed Tuesday in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan that Nahdi and Nasser created and deployed “fake ‘bot’ player accounts to simulate real hum Fortnite engagement on their islands.” In doing so, lawyers write, the two men earned “tens of thousands of dollars in unwarranted payouts

In a short period since partnering with , GKids has established itself as the anime equivalent of the Criterion Collection. Through its theatrical rereleases of deep-cut cult-classic films from yesteryear , anime TV compilation preview films , and getting in on the ground floor of , GKids established a name for itself bringing fans from the hovels of their streaming home setups to that magical place where heartbreak feels good to Nicole Kidman: the theatre. Its forthcoming release, by Studio taps into the big game pageantry by propelling one of the most

In Hades II ’s , Melinoë says: “Wait for me, Father, I’ll be there soon.” At first glance, this seems like a straightforward subversion; where Zagreus fought up out of the underworld to escape his father, the titular Hades, Melinoë fights down into it to rescue Hades from his own father, the titan Chronos.

But flipping this goal isn’t so simple. The Hades of Hades I is an abusive patriarch and part of a terrible system of godly royalty.

In anime, an opening theme isn’t just a vibe—it’s a thesis statement. Before a single line of dialogue hits viewers' ears, that song sets a tone, teases an emotional arc, and lets fans know whether a show is gonna punch them in the gut or kick their heart in its ass. Basically, a good OP is a part of an anime’s holy trinity: art style, voice cast, and theme song. When it slaps, you don’t skip it

A thick and terrible fog has fallen over Silent Hill f ’s rural town of Ebisugaoka, trapping high school student Shimizu Hinako and her friend Shu in monster-filled streets. The current plan? Head across town to their friend Rinko’s house. As they cross the town’s rice field, the fog grows even thicker. Strange mask-adorned scarecrows dot the field. Some are monsters in disguise, and if Hinako is going to clear the fog, she’ll need to take a closer look.

You do not love to see it, but it’s been a big week for Saudi Arabia, the that in recent years has taken to cosplaying as a cultural hub. Wielding checks that would probably turn the eyes of any normal person into Looney Tunes dollar signs, has attracted the likes of Dave Chapelle, Louis CK, and even noted Guy Everybody Thought Wasn’t A Shithead Bill Burr. And of course, a consortium including Saudi Arabia purchased EA for $55 billion . The one thing all these parties

Wayward is the latest show by comedian and Feel Good creator Mae Martin, a Netflix series about the darkness at the heart of the “ ” industry. I watched it because I’m a sucker for anything that hints at being about cults, and while I liked a lot of the show, its take on trans masculinity made me a little uneasy.

Martin plays Alex Dempsey, a cop who moves with his pregnant wife Laura to the small Vermont town of Tall Pines. Laura went to Tall Pines Academy, an institute