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Riven Review | Bytesized

Javed Sterritt reviews Riven for Bytesized!

[COLUMN] The Beverly Hills Cop Franchise is a Demonstration and a Cautionary Tale of Movie Star Power | by Darren Mooney

Eddie Murphy was only 23 years old when he made Beverly Hills Cop.

Of course, Murphy had already a lot of experience by this point. He had been doing stand-up since he was 15. He joined the cast of Saturday Night Live at 2024-07-07 14:00:11 +0000 UTC View Post

Gold and Pastries | Adventure Is Nigh! - The Jade Homunculus

The search for the Jade leads the party into a vile den of... baked goods and midwestern charm.

[AD-FREE] The Challenges of Designing Horror (ft. Fredrik Olsson - Amnesia: The Bunker) | Dev Heads Podcast

This week, the Dev Heads crew are joined by Fredrik Olsson, the creative lead on Amnesia: The Bunker, to discuss the challenges of designing horror.

[COLUMN] In a Violent Nature Reconnects Horror With Its Indie Roots | by Darren Mooney

Chris Nash’s In a Violent Nature is an interesting genre hybrid.

In terms of plot, the film is a fairly generic riff on the classic slasher template. It focuses on a seemingly immortal serial killer named Johnny (Ry Barrett), the vengeful and scarred form of a child who was killed decades earlier in a prank that went horribly wrong. The implication is that Johnny has embarked on...

A Postmortem on Starstruck Vagabond | Semi-Ramblomatic

This week's episode of Semi-Ramblomatic is now available!

[AD-FREE] Don't Forget to Enjoy Your Hobby | Firelink Podcast

This week on Firelink, Marty, Nick, and KC discuss just enjoying our hobbies.

Cryptmaster | Fully Ramblomatic

This week's episode of Fully Ramblomatic is now available!

In the IP Age, HBO is the Real House of the Dragon | The Backdrop

This week's episode of The Backdrop is now available!

[AD-FREE] Modern Media Has a Lore Problem | Windbreaker Podcast

On this week’s episode of Windbreaker, Yahtzee, Frost, and Marty chat about the growing popularity of lore-based media, and the increasing barrier to entry a lot of stories have.

Let Games Journalists Cook | Cold Take

This week's episode of Cold Take is now available!

[COLUMN] Kevin Costner's Horizon: An American Saga is an Old-Fashioned Western for a New Era | by Darren Mooney

Kevin Costner’s Horizon: An American Saga – Chapter 1 is a mess of contradictions, a series of competing and conflicting impulses that never really cohere into a convincing statement, but remain strangely compelling.

Horizon is undoubtedly a product of Costner’s singular vision. He serves as co-writer, director, producer and lead actor on the four films. The result ...

Fallen Aces, Mullet Mad Jack, Riven, Frogun Encore | Yahtzee Tries

This week's episode of Yahtzee Tries is now available!

[COLUMN] The Harry Potter Films Already Felt Like a Television Show | by Darren Mooney

This week, there were some big announcements about Warner Bros.’ upcoming television adaptation of the Harry Potter novels, with Succession veterans Francesca Gardiner and Mark Mylod announced as showrunner and main director. It seems like as good an opportunity as an...

Artificial Monsters and Natural 1s | Adventure Is Nigh! - The Jade Homunculus

Episode 3 of Season 1 of Adventure is Nigh is now available!

Are I-Frames Holding Elden Ring Back? | Design Delve

This week's episode of Design Delve is now available!

[COLUMN] The Quiet Place Films Are Perfect Cinema Viewing | by Darren Mooney

It’s great to watch a Quiet Place movie in a packed cinema with a game audience.

Of course, every discussion of the theatrical experience inevitably has to acknowledge that not all theatres are created equally. Many theatre chains are...

[AD-FREE] Is Shadow of the Erdtree the Best Expansion Ever? | Firelink Podcast

This week on Firelink, Marty, Nick, and KC discuss their thoughts on Elden Ring's Shadow of the Erdtree expansion.

Summer Game Fest 2024 | Fully Ramblomatic

This week's episode of Fully Ramblomatic is now available!

[AD-FREE] How Hard is Too Hard? | Windbreaker Podcast

On this week’s episode of Windbreaker, Yahtzee, Frost, and Marty chat that old chestnut of difficulty in games, spring-boarding off the release of Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree.

[AD-FREE] How to Get Into Game Dev | Dev Heads Podcast

This week, the Dev Heads crew chats about their unique paths into the games industry.

Is One of the Most Played Steam Games A Scam? | Cold Take

This week's episode of Cold Take is now available!

[COLUMN] This Season, Doctor Who Faced Its Greatest Threat: Continuity | by Darren Mooney

This weekend’s season finale of Doctor Who saw the return of Sutekh (Gabriel Woolf).

Don’t worry if that name doesn’t sound familiar. Sutekh is an obscure villain even by the standards of Doctor Who. He is not as iconic as the Daleks, the Cybermen or the Master. He doesn’t even rank with the Silurians, the Sontarans or the Ice Warriors. Sutekh has only ever appeared in...

COLUMN | Isn't It a Little Weird That Amazon is the Villain In The Boys and Fallout? | by Darren Mooney

It is a little strange that the villainous corporations at the heart of popular Prime Video streaming shows like The Boys and Fallout are basically Amazon, right? This is just a weird thing for a gigantic corporation to do, surely? To build two gigantic and expensive series about how the streaming service’s corporate owner is basically evil incarnate?

The Boys<...