Reviews
Fallout (Prime Video) Season 1 Review: A Faithful Adaptation
Amazon's Fallout adaptation gets the tone right, the lore mostly right, and the main characters more right than fans expected.
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Game reviews, TV episode reviews, and movie reviews.
PC
Tekken 8 Review: Aggressive by Design
Tekken 8 leans hard into Heat-system aggression. For some players that is exactly what they wanted. Review.
Reviews
The Penguin (HBO) Review: A Better Batman Show Than Batman
Colin Farrell's Penguin spinoff is the best DC TV in years. Eight episodes, no Bat in sight, all upside.
Originals
Injustice 2 + Ed Boon at SDCC 2016: A Retrospective
The 2016 SDCC interview cycle around Injustice 2 — what Ed Boon publicly said, and how the game shipped in May 2017.
PlayStation
Stellar Blade Review: A Confident Action Debut From Shift Up
Shift Up's PlayStation debut is a confident character-action game with sharp combat and a story that mostly stays out of its way.
Originals
Street Fighter V Character Leak (2015): Scored Against Roster
The June 2015 leak of two new SFV characters, mapped against the launch roster, Season 1 DLC, and SF6 transitions.
PC
Helldivers 2 Review: Democracy Has Never Cost This Much
Helldivers 2 nailed cooperative shooter design then spent six months arguing with its own playerbase about it. The review.
PlayStation
Final Fantasy VII Rebirth Review: The Middle Chapter Problem
Final Fantasy VII Rebirth has the best combat in the series and a 100-hour map nobody asked for. Review.
Nintendo
Luigi’s Mansion 3 — How a 2016 NX Rumor Aged
The March 2016 rumor predicted Luigi's Mansion on Nintendo's next console. The game shipped in 2019. Here is how the rumor scored.