Dark Crystal
The Dark Crystal got a somehow darker prequel In an era of increasingly rare practical effects, it’s a small miracle that Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance even got made. But getting to work on a beloved classic with Jim Henson Company muppets as opposed to CGI...
Gibbous, a Cthulhu Adventure
A light take on a dark universe Gibbous, A Cthulhu Adventure, it a point-and-click adventure revolving around the discovery of the Necronomicon and your cat learning to talk. While the genre of point-and-click games runs the gamut from “read it your damn self” to...
City-Cooling Bricks
Smart bricks for hot cities Cities get hotter than the surrounding countryside. Heat Islands are a long-known phenomenon, largely attributable to dark roofs and pavement soaking up solar energy throughout the day. This is where a new type of cooling brick comes in....
Watchmen
A look at the dark side of heroes Watchmen is a classic 1986 comic by the legendary Alan Moore that became a movie in 2009. Just as the original was a reaction against a somewhat sappy optimism inherent to (most) comics of the time, the movie adaptation found...
Chrononauts
There’s a reason casual time travel isn’t possible Chrononauts is a game where you play as meddling time travelers, each with a secret agenda to alter the course of history to your own enigmatic ends. Played as a tabletop card game, it starts out with a grid of...
Universal Vaccines
Is this the end to mutation whack-a-mole? Researchers at the University of Cambridge have developed a universal coronavirus vaccine. That’s awesome. Full stop. There’s a related article if you want the nitty-gritty (link below), but I want to talk more about the...
Murder at the End of the World
In Murder at the End of the World, main character Darby Hart is a true-crime junkie who wrote a book about a cold case she helped crack. That notoriety earned her a spot at a billionaire Andy Ronson’s Icelandic apocalypse bunker, where he is essentially...
Minds Beneath Us
A game for now and the future—Keep an open mind to subtext Minds Beneath Us is a narrative game where choices can get a little more complicated. You play as Jason Dai… sort of. Actually, you are an MBU (Mind-Body Unit), basically a digital mind that can be...
Poll: Who creates the AI Singularity?
With AI on everyone's mind these days, it's as good a time as any to talk about the Singularity (the kind where the S is capitalized). Tech CEOs throw around buzzwords, diluting the traditional meanings of sci-fi concepts, so let's start with defining...
Elio – a lighthearted sci-fi romp
Elio is a Pixar film that rigorously ticks all the boxes. Protagonist is an orphan? Yep. Found family? Check. A minor on a poorly supervised adventure? Let’s get this thing in gear! Elio lost his parents before the start of the film to an undisclosed accident. He...