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DOOM: The Dark Ages – Metal As Hell, Just Not As Sharp
I have to give props to id Software – this is the third DOOM game in this new series, and so far each one has felt distinctly different. Still DOOM, sure, but with major gameplay differences. It’s a ballsy choice because there’s already a divide among the fanbase, some preferring the simpler DOOM 2016 while…
Subset Games co-founder Jay Ma went through hell to make Fulcrum Defender
Every video game is a miracle. Long hours, extraordinary technical and artistic requirements and cross-disciplinary collaboration: the very act of making games is difficult, and leaves room for catastrophic errors. It's a wonder any of them make it to release at all. Fulcrum Defender, the new Playdate exclusive from Jay Ma, the co-founder of indie…
‘The Monkey’ review: Osgood Perkins’ take on Stephen King is a hell of a good time
You might think you know Osgood Perkins, but The Monkey is about to prove you wrong. The horror helmer has built a reputation for atmospheric spookiness and psychological tension with twisted thrillers like Longlegs, The Blackcoat’s Daughter, and I Am the Pretty Thing That Lives in the House. Yet his adaptation of a Stephen King…
“It always felt like this vague form of superficial hell to me” Doom: The Gallery Experience devs on turning a 90s shooter into high culture
“I’ve had a lot of experience in these gallery spaces and it always felt like this vague form of superficial hell to me,” Filippo Meozzi, director and producer of Doom: The Gallery Experience, tells me. “I work in the art industry as an artist’s assistant, I produce sculptures and other things like that. So, I’m…