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In 1844, the Dutch informed the Tokugawa shogunate of the existence of steam ships, but the military government wasn’t interested in the idea. In 1855, the lord of the Satsuma domain commissioned a successful construction of the first Japanese steam-powered boat but news of that was mostly drowned out by the arrival of Commodore Perry…

When I got to preview Starsand Island back in February, while I thought it was a pretty good little farm sim, something about it wasn’t completely grabbing me. Usually, when I feel this way, a change of platform is often the solution—particularly when it’s the Nintendo Switch. Like I said in my old The Elder…

Written and directedy with disorientating flair by Scottish director Paul Wright (Arcadia), this BBC-produced film explores the personal and social reasons behind suicidal behaviour through the experience of Dylan (a phenomenal George MacKay). It’s not a sensational, generalised depiction of mental health, but instead a splintered, chaotic endeavor to visually render one person’s complex perspective.