A Cursory Glance at the the 2026 Record Store Day List
It's early February so that means it's time to stop living in the moment and look ahead to that third Saturday in April that half the vinyl record community holds deep in their heart or outward disdains: Record Store Day.
The Space Between: The Pitt Season Two, Episode Two Fuels More Questions Than it Answers
I guess, given that the shift just started and we’re only through two hours of it, having more questions than answers is normal, but I wish we had some idea of at least one person’s fate. Oh well - we’ll leave that to next time.
Witchfire is So Damn Good
This probably won’t be the last I write about Witchfire this year. It’s just so damn good. If you told me a game was able to blend Dark Souls with first-person gunplay, I’d be horribly skeptical. But Witchfire not only pulls it off, I think saying it’s "Dark Souls with guns" undercuts just what developer The Astronauts has accomplished here.
In the Not-Too-Distant Future: The RiffTrax Team Returns to MST3K
They're ba-ack! In the not-too-distant future, we will be getting more Mystery Science Theater 3000 (MST3K) in a way I would not have thought possible a few years ago. If you haven’t kept up with the Satellite of Love, the franchise has seen major activity in the last decade. In 2017, original creator Joel Hodgson launched a record-breaking Kickstarter to bring the show to Netflix for two seasons, hosted by Jonah Ray. Later, in 2022, the show moved to its own independent st
Cairn: A Brutal, Beautiful Struggle Against the Mountain
Screenshot: Cairn We are, seemingly, in the middle of a climbing game renaissance. Following the meditative flow of Jusant in 2023 and the high-stakes co-op of 2025’s Peak , Cairn arrives to offer yet another distinct perspective on the ascent. These games aren’t just copying each other; instead, they focus on vastly different aspects of the vertical journey. Developer The Game Bakers describes Cairn as a “realistic simulation.” It’s not a simulation in a funny Goat Simula
MIO: Memories in Orbit – Beautiful, Polished, but Marred by Frustrating Decisions
MIO comes agonizingly close to being an early Game of the Year contender for me. If not for a few hostile design decisions, it would likely make my "Best of 2026" list. If you are a die-hard fan of Metroidvanias with patience to spare, definitely check out MIO: Memories in Orbit. For everyone else, be warned: this beautiful machine has sharp edges.
Brrr, it's Cold Out Here...There Must Be A Giant Winter Storm About to Hit Most of the US: Here's What to Do to Get Through
Winter's coming, and you don't get a choice in whether you like it or not. So, let's at least prepare, because not everyone's been through this at least three times a year.
Our Favorite TV of 2025
Maybe you're like us, and you grew up in the golden era of TV - catch jingles in commercials, TV special events, and full blocks of entertainment for the whole family.
Either way, a lot of us love television, and we're entering a new golden era, where shows are lickably gorgeous, have amazing stories, and return to the zeitgeist the term "must-see-TV."
Yeah, we're late getting you this list, but that just means you've got more time to argue it and suggest your own favor
Quarantine Zone: The Last Check Is As Janky and Buggy as It Looks
Despite the main gameplay loop being reminiscent of a Milgram experiment, it justifies its ickiness through “but zombies!” as so many more violent and exploitative games did in the past. Maybe I’m just getting too old for this shit. I’ll just go back to chunking people into giblets with my boltgun in Darktide like a respectable person. But Quarantine Zone: The Last Check is ultimately a janky, buggy mess of a game that happened to nail down the feeling of a zombie apocalypse
Metroid Prime 4: Beyond – How a Misguided Open World Betrayed the Prime Formula
When Metroid Prime 4: Beyond finally did hit store shelves, its negative buzz kept me away.
Did I really want to ruin my mental image of Samus and the Metroid series with annoying Federation NPC allies and a useless open world?
I mean, look at the damage Other M did to the Metroid series. The early buzz practically made it sound like Metroid Prime 4: Beyond will be the last Metroid game we’ll see in a while–and probably the last Prime game ever.
