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Apart from the console’s infamous red ring of death signaling a catastrophic hardware failure, Microsoft was hitting its creative stride during the Xbox 360 era. Before it was eventually replaced by the Xbox One in 2013, the 360 put out plenty of fan-favorite games, including numerous console exclusives. Many of the best Xbox 360 games…

What do fantasy author George R.R. Martin and the late, great Robert Redford have in common? They’re both executive producers of the underrated Western noir thriller Dark Winds. The series was Redford’s final project in front of and behind the camera, as he appeared in the Season 3 premiere as a chess player mere months…

After a tumultuous PS3 era that divided players, while still producing some incredible games that pushed the console to its limits, Sony went to great lengths to ensure that their next home console was friendly to both players and game developers. The result was the PlayStation 4, which was both hugely successful and widely acclaimed.…

As a 50-plus year standard bearer for TV programming geared towards educating and entertaining audiences of all ages, PBS has built-in cultural relevance. The 1970s in particular not only served as the foundational decade for the network, but also for some of the best kids’ shows around. Known for introducing subject matter in really creative and…

The family sitcom is nearly as old and storied as the sitcom genre itself and has produced some of the finest, funniest, and most rewarding TV comedies of all time. A great family sitcom can feel like a weekly check-in with beloved relatives we get to watch grow and mature alongside us — or, in…

Sony’s first natively high-definition console was the PlayStation 3, which launched in 2006, competing with the Xbox 360 and Wii. By the time that the PS3 debuted, storytelling within the video game medium had grown markedly sophisticated. From sweeping RPGs to survival horror games with engaging plots that heightened the emotional investment, gaming had grown…

For years, HBO has been one of the biggest names in creating unique, original television. So, it makes perfect sense that its streaming platform, HBO Max, has so thoroughly embraced animation and all the storytelling it has to offer. 

The 2010s was the peak of the Golden Age of Television, that moment when the small screen surpassed the big one as the home for complex storytelling. Thanks to the boon of cable and streaming, television became a hub of creativity, daring to explore narratives and themes that were previously unthinkable. What made the 2010s…

Anime movies break reality down and rebuild it with total freedom. When millions of cinephiles on Letterboxd curate the ultimate anime canon, the resulting battleground stretches far beyond mainstream hits. While titans like Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc, Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie: Rebellion, Look Back, and Makoto Shinkai’s phenomenon Your Name…

Some of the best PS2 games of all time had fantastically crafted stories, and we’re highlighting them here. The games we’re mentioning really got players emotionally invested in the characters and their arcs between all the requisite mayhem. Even over 20 years later, some of these titles feature some of the most memorable storytelling that…