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Video game adaptations are tough in part because they’re chasing a mirage. At first glance, a video game seems like another form of visual narrative, so translating a game to a movie should be no big deal. But that misses the nuances of each medium, and so film adaptations can echo a video game, but…

I finally got around to finishing Trails in the Sky 1st Chapter, a remake of The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky FC, a few months ago. This really heightened my anticipation for its sequel, the aptly named Trails in the Sky 2nd Chapter, and given how the second game picks up almost immediately…

Valve revealed the Steam Frame, along with the Steam Machine and Controller almost a year ago in November 2025. And while it’s taken quite a long time for all three devices to make it to market, the Frame is finally here to complete the set. Right off the jump, the Steam Frame comes off as…

Coming-of-age stories are a dime a dozen in video games, especially if you’re talking about the heyday of RPGs in the late ‘90s and early 2000s. But after 80 hours with the Trails in the Sky 2nd Chapter remake, I’m convinced there’s not a single coming-of-age story that holds up as well as Estelle Bright’s…

I’m not a religious person. I put my faith in art over god and man. Through creative collaboration, we create something bigger than ourselves, and possibly eternal. In art, we become gods, creating worlds, heroes, and stories that give others hope, agony, and ecstasy. 

Bomb the Hill combines adrenaline-fueled VR gameplay with a storyline inspired by real-life skateboarding culture to deliver a thrilling and poignant look at the early days of the sport.

It’s a strange time to be selling a new VR headset, and maybe an even stranger time to be buying one. The supply of original virtual reality games has slowed to a dribble, and just as with Valve’s last hardware launch, the Steam Frame arrives covered in bumps and scrapes from a fight with the…

Among my most anticipated movies of the 2026Toronto International Film Festival was Theo Rhys’ feature directorial debut, Stuffed.Many might be intrigued by the cast, which pairs Killing Eve’s Jodie Comer with Pillion’s Harry Melling. Some might be curious about its logline: An isolated taxidermist seeks a willing volunteer to be her greatest piece yet, and…

There’s a unique heartbreak to realizing our parents aren’t who we imagined. A Long Winteris about that agony, and how one might grow from it.

Much like the Steam Machine, Valve’s Steam Frame VR headset feels like a device that should have shipped five years ago. As a standalone wireless headset, it’s directly competing with Meta’s Quest lineup, even though that company has seriously scaled back its VR ambitions. The ability to play many Steam VR games right within the…