The BritHop Invasion Continues on Jump, Rank, Repeat
We couldn't turn our eyes away from the wild world of UK platformers—so we're back with four more.
Streams & Podcasts
Sports! Mini — The Spin Zone
The Chicago Bears are 7-2 after a mostly disastrous game on Monday night. And yet…they won! They won ugly—but they won! Rob and Patrick break down the rock fight that was Bears vs. Bucs and whether it casts omens for the rest of the season.
My Turn: Hustlers
Naturally, we’ve found ourselves in the place all movie podcasts eventually do: watching Jennifer Lopez movies.
Articles
Flipped Experiences
Patrick recently tore his hair out trying to buy concert ticket, which prompted him to ask Rob about his own experiences adding a mere ticket to a digital cart.
A Taste of Good Suffering
A video game based on a disjointed horror property like Hellraiser is, inexplicably, one of the year's most audaciously enjoyable thrill rides.
The Undead of Nighthawks and the Mortifying Ordeal of Existence
A different take on vampires, and how a world reacts to them.
A Taste of Another Life
Rob and Patrick mull what it'd be like if they could, for a moment, live a life that was both profoundly different and very similar.
Running Is Racing
Star Wars Galactic Racer reinvents the arcade racer, but not without scratching the paint.
Penguin Colony Wants the World to Open Its Eyes
How a video game about waddling forward past Lovecraftian horrors is also, somehow, about the collective sins of humanity.
Ace Combat 8 Chases Ghosts to a Dead Horizon
Talking (and flying) in circles.
Poirot Fanfiction, Post-Post-Vampires, AI Slop Bans: The Interactive Fiction Competition in 2026
A foundational medium and creative community both thriving and besieged.
The Stressful Skies
Rob and Patrick mull an impossible world: one where you can comfortably fly.
Forever Ago: Anger (and Change) in the Face of Death
From the world of advertising to weaving a story about becoming better people, even as mortality stares back.
Smash, Move, Shoot: Sprawl Zero's Perfect Simplicity
Developer Maeth's sequel leaves the genre's cookie-cutters in the drawer.
Sliders
Can a video game be saved by tweaking a number? In light of Control Resonant's release, Patrick and Rob begin doing some math.
The Most Normal Golf Game Ever Made
A conversation with the designer behind one of 2026's most pleasant surprises, and arguably the most unconventional take on hitting a golf ball since Wii Sports.
It Comes Out When?
Rob and Patrick do their best to not think about how old they'll be when the next Starcraft game comes out in 2030. (Supposedly.)
How to Tell a True Star Wars Story: Zero Company Review
Crossing no man's land in a galaxy far, far away.