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Gamer Girl: Where “Empathy Games” Don’t Work

Warning: This article contains mentions of stalking, abuse, and sexual harassment. On July 16th, FMV Future and Wales Interactive released a trailer for their upcoming full-motion video game, Gamer Girl. This announcement was quickly met with considerable backlash regarding the worrying and…

Watchmen’s Rorschach to Return in New DC Series

Writer Tom King recently announced his plans to launch a new, twelve-issue series that may or may not revive the infamous Watchmen character, Rorschach. I don’t use the word “infamous” lightly, he’s both a much-loved and in many ways repulsive character. His…

Women and Queerness in Horror: Single White Female

Warning: This article contains spoilers for Single White Female, as well as discussions of ableism, homophobia, sex and violence, sexual assault, and animal abuse/death. Over the past two weeks, I’ve looked at movies I’ve had pretty positive things to say about for…

Ares (TV series) Review

Ares is a Dutch-language and Dutch-produced series, released as a Netflix original on January 17th, 2020. In a tightly-written eight-episode season, with each episode about half an hour-long, Ares definitely has its share of scares. Most of them come from the things…

A Mortician’s Tale (PC) Review

Warning: This article contains discussions of death, suicide, funerals, and transphobia. I recently played through A Mortician’s Tale, by Laundry Bear Games, purchased through the Bundle for Racial Justice and Equality on itch.io. Though the bundle is now closed, the game is…

Women and Queerness in Horror: CAM

Warning: This article contains spoilers for Cam. Recently, I finally got around to watching Cam. I have a lot to say about this movie, but my biggest takeaway is that I absolutely loved it. Isa Mazzei’s script is confronting and thought-provoking while…

Skully (PC) Preview

When I first saw the trailer for Skully, I immediately thought it looked adorable, and was thrilled to have a press build of the first two chapters at my fingertips shortly after. My first instinct was absolutely correct: it is adorable. It’s…

Women and Queerness in Horror: Jennifer’s Body

Warning: This Article Contains Spoilers for Jennifer’s Body. Lately, I’ve been listening to a lot of podcasts, both fictional and non-fictional alike. One thread has emerged in my preferences though. I like listening to women and queer people talk. Generally, that’s a…

CD Projekt Red to Produce a Cyberpunk 2077 Anime

On June 25, 2020, CD Projekt Red announced its intentions to collaborate with Netflix and Studio Trigger on an anime based in the Cyberpunk 2077 universe called Cyberpunk: Edgerunners. Here’s what we know so far. The series will be taking place in…

Look Away (Film) Review

Warning: This review contains discussion of underage sexuality, discussion of sexual assault, and light spoilers for Look Away. Look Away, originally titled Behind the Glass, is a psychological thriller produced and filmed in Canada. It was released in 2018, and was written…