The fifth game in the MR DRILLER series, DRILL LAND was originally published on the Nintendo Gamecube way back in 2002 in Japan, where the series has always enjoyed both critical and commercial acclaim. Yet the series has never made it properly onto the western shores, leaving fans of puzzle
Saying that something changed the landscape of videogames is so overused these days that the diminishing returns from it are suffering from diminishing returns. Only a rare few titles can lay claim to something as lofty of a title, and most of them originate from the golden age of arcade
In Cinemas
★★★★★ | Beneath the surface
PlayStation
THE LAST OF US PART II has now been out for just under two weeks. During that time, it became the fastest-selling PlayStation exclusive in history; garnered immense praise as one of the best games of its generation, and found itself as a lightning rod for more toxic gamer rage
Releasing an unfinished game is always a risky proposition. Back in the olden days, developers would put short samples of their upcoming releases on demo discs, which showcased elements of what to expect down the line. Some of these features would not even make it into the full game, but
Streaming
★ | Off-key
I don’t like True Crime series or books. I think they’re exploitative and often downright cruel. They’re misery tourism designed to feed off on the pain of others to provide a quick rush for those doing the reading. While there is a subset of True Crime fans
BEHOLD THE KICKMEN has one joke to tell, and it will keep telling it to you incessantly well past the point where diminishing returns have set in. It’s mechanics are neither deep nor sophisticated, though a few are ironically exactly what the genre it parodies would desperately need. There
Welcome to the future: where corporations own not just you, but entire colonies and planets as well. After making a splash (and getting on our Best of the Year list) in 2019, Obsidian’s RPG epic finally arrives on the small screen. Namely, the Nintendo Switch. The immersive and sprawling
Streaming
★ | Buzz off
This review is a part of our Visions Du Réel 2020 summer coverage. In 1946, Heidi’s father left her in Switzerland in the care of a foster family. Her mother had just died and the revolutionary war in China had just broken out. Intending to return for her daughter
★★★★★ | Perry damn good PERRY MASON, the new show from Susan Downey and Robert Downey Jr., is set in 1930s Los Angeles, but could just as easily take place today. It poignantly attacks systematic oppression, the thin blue line, and religious fanaticism in an era of economic distress, forcing viewers to
