2025-11-26

An indie studio says it's at risk of closure after Valve banned its game from Steam

Indie studio Santa Ragione said it is at risk of shutting down as its latest project won't be available on Steam, which is by far the biggest storefront for PC games and a key point of sale for m [...]

2025-05-17

Doctor Who: ‘The Interstellar Song Contest’ review: Camp!

Spoilers for “The Interstellar Song Contest.”<br /> <br /> No, really, spoilers from here on out.<br /> <br /> Much like Eurovision itself, that was a lot, wasn’t it?< [...]

2025-04-07

The Last of Us season two review: Amplified action and crushing drama

HBO’s The Last of Us took a riveting action game bolstered by intimate human moments and made a richly human drama supported by terrifying action. In returning for season two, and now using the sequ [...]

2025-04-09

The Last of Us season two review: More zombies, and more heartbreak

HBO’s The Last of Us took a riveting action game bolstered by intimate human moments and made a richly human drama supported by terrifying action. In returning for season two, and now using the sequ [...]

2025-04-14

The Last of Us season two premiere: 'Future Days' highlights the fracture between Ellie and Joel

Spoilers follow for The Last of Us season two, episode one<br /> The heart of all things The Last of Us, whether it’s the games or the first season of the HBO adaptation, is the relationship b [...]

2025-05-10

Doctor Who ‘The Story and the Engine’ review: Just a trim, thanks

Spoilers for “The Story and the Engine.”<br /> Doctor Who lives and dies by the quality of its writing and acting far more than almost anything else on TV. Audiences may demand big explosion [...]

2025-04-19

Doctor Who ‘Lux’ review: Hope can change the world

Spoilers for “Lux.”<br /> It’s an interesting time to be a long-running science fantasy media property in the streaming TV age. Star Trek is in the grip of an existential crisis as it (wro [...]

2025-04-21

The Last of Us season two 'Through the Valley' recap: Well, that happened

Spoilers follow for The Last of Us season two, episodes one and two<br /> HBO’s The Last of Us showed viewers in season one that it would lean heavily on the source video games for major plot [...]

2025-04-10

Black Mirror is now a delightful escape from reality

Minor spoilers for Black Mirror season 7 ahead.<br /> The latest season of Black Mirror feels almost therapeutic as we peer over the cliff of civilizational collapse. Everything is awful, but at [...]