Doctor Aphra #1

Aphra is more Belloq than Indiana… but Gillen imbues her with all the charm of Jones, Drake, and Croft, giving us reason to root for a character who’d in any of those franchises would be the villain.

Final Fantasy XV is a Love Letter to the Western World through Eastern Eyes

In its gameplay mechanics, narrative themes, and artistic direction, Final Fantasy XV is a work clearly enamored by and emulative of occidental culture.

Action Comics #968

I don’t expect future issues to delve deeper into deontological ethics or the metaphysics of time-travel, which is unfortunate, as Superman comics could stand for more sophisticated storytelling.

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them

Fantastic Beasts is Rowling’s response to and critique of the bibliophobic Biblicists who burned her books.

Trinity #3 Review/Editorial Against Artist Substitution

The comics published presently must be made with futurity in min; they are today’s tapestries and vases, the repositories of our modern mythology, meant to preserve and pass down who we are as a culture.

Action Comics #967

I’d made the argument recently that Lex may well be more deserving of the “Superman” mantel than Superman himself… As it turns out I was very, very wrong.

Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare dramatically demonstrates “Death is no disgrace”

Kotch is a slightly more sinister space Hitler, save for the fact that his primary precept is precisely the main message of the game, an irony by all indications entirely unintentional.

Superman #10

The promise of a partnership between Damien Wayne and any son of Superman carries plenty of potential just from its premise alone

Civilization VI Tells a New Tale of Human History

It’s in Civilization VI’s ludic elements that Firaxis has most stretched its legs as storytellers, telling a new tale of human history by means of a new historiography.

Action Comics #966

In comics jargon, “gutter space” is the blank area between the panels; save perhaps for the (admittedly awesome) reveal on the last two pages, the entirety of issue #966 could have been relegated to said gutter.