Apex Legends has added a fresh batch of lore quips, each offering a small but meaningful glimpse into the personalities, histories and relationships of the Legends. This video breaks down every new ...

In games, nothing breaks player flow like a loading screen, and in virtual reality this problem is amplified tenfold. ‘Presence’ or ‘immersion’, the magical yet fragile feeling of ‘being there’, is ...

Little Nightmares meshes beautiful artwork with creepy monsters, creating a unique brand of cozy horror. It features doomed protagonists, time loops, and plenty of grotesque villains – what more could ...

Zehra Naqvi, 26, grew up as an obsessive fan girl in the 2010s. This was the era of Tumblr and Twitter. She would stay up all night breaking down the release dates of Marvel movies or analyzing the ...

Silksong, the sequel to the smash hit Hollow Knight, starts off where the first game left off—here’s the lore to know before playing the game. Hollow Knight sees the player control the Knight, a ...

After 21 mainline games (and counting), it can be hard to keep track of every aspect of lore in The Legend of Zelda. Anyone who’s played more than one game can attest, because things get really ...

Welcome to Taste Test, where every week our critic Jonah Flicker explores the most buzzworthy and interesting whiskeys in the world. Check back each Sunday for his latest whiskey review. It takes a ...

It long ago became a familiar refrain for both this writer and plenty of other critics, journalists, film fans, and superhero stans: We’re done with origin stories. And while the ever-expanding nature ...

Summer's two biggest superhero films pick up long after their central figures have already taken up their respective mantles. They (and the genre) are better for it. It long ago became a familiar ...