Spooky Express is a Halloween delight, and you can try it for free
The Halloween season can be a bit of a challenge for gamers who want the vibes of the season minus the gore. If you try to find recommendations for spooky…
How Halo 2’s E3 demo changed everything
At the turn of the century, after films like Star Wars: Episode I — The Phantom Menace and The Matrix reshaped pop culture, early-2000s maximalism was at its peak. Darth…
Vampire in Brooklyn at 30: Wes Craven and Eddie Murphy’s underrated horror masterpiece
Ryan Coogler’s Sinners may have made Black vampires cool again, but the roots of Black vampire cinema stretch back to the Blaxploitation era, most iconically with 1972’s Blacula. In that…
Skill Check: Hitman’s distraction mechanic shows other stealth games who’s boss
Hitman: World of Assassination is arguably the best way to play the current Hitman series. On paper, it's a very serious franchise about very serious international spy agencies playing very…
One Yu-Gi-Oh card is the cornerstone of my strategy — and always will be
When I was a wee lad, I played a ton of Yu-Gi-Oh! I was enrolled in after-school daycare in the early 2000s; what else was I supposed to do? Whole…
Mass Effect’s biotic powers are a masterclass in skill synergy
When saving the galaxy from the reaper threat as Commander Shepard in the Mass Effect trilogy, there are a plethora of choices you’ll make. Some are quite meaningful, like who…