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Humanity’s solutions are more triumphant than its puzzles

The more people, the better

By Jacob Geller

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Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny traps Harrison Ford in the past

James Mangold takes over from Steven Spielberg to deliver a cameo- and reference-packed last crusade

White Men Can’t Jump, but they sure can be in unfortunate remakes

By Joshua Rivera May 19

Inkbound lays the groundwork for a great co-op roguelike

By Grayson Morley May 18

To All the Boys’ spinoff XO, Kitty is Degrassi with a K-drama makeover

By Petrana Radulovic May 18

Votes for Women, one of the year’s best board games, belongs in a museum

By Charlie Hall May 17

Fast X has the Fast and Furious franchise spinning its wheels

By Katie Rife May 17

Netflix’s The Mother misses a clear chance to make Jennifer Lopez an action star

By Otto Tap May 12

The refreshing space movie Crater mashes up Goonies with Interstellar

By Petrana Radulovic May 12

Knights of the Zodiac guts a beloved anime franchise to make a pointless movie

By Cezary Jan Strusiewicz May 12

Asus ROG Ally vs. Steam Deck: Which should you buy?

By Chris Plante May 11

The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom changes the conversation

By Mike Mahardy May 11

Steam Up serves a dim sum board game for Chinese immigrant families — like mine

By Tim Ford May 10

Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story is actually the best Bridgerton

By Petrana Radulovic May 4

Contraband Police asks: What if Papers, Please gave you a gun?

By Cass Marshall May 3

Netflix’s AKA is another showcase for a budding action star

By Otto Tap May 2

Cassette Beasts remixes Pokémon but falls short of revolutionizing it

By Grayson Morley May 2

Redfall is Arkane defanged

By Reid McCarter May 1

Metal Gear Solid 5 mashes up with Spelunky for one of 2023’s most rewarding roguelikes

By Steven Nguyen Scaife April 30

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 says goodbye to a Marvel that may not exist anymore

By Joshua Rivera April 28

Prime Video’s Citadel is a multilevel marketing scheme disguised as a show

By Joshua Rivera April 28

Rusted Moss is Hollow Knight with a bungee cord

By Russ Frushtick April 27

Age of Wonders 4 lets you build high-fantasy civilizations — at a cost

By Alexis Ong April 27

Brutal John Wick descendant Sisu promises more than it can deliver

By Otto Tap April 26

Star Wars Jedi: Survivor almost swept me off my feet

By Todd Harper April 26

Honkai: Star Rail shows the value of walking the same path twice

By Ana Diaz April 26

Prime Video’s Dead Ringers tries to substitute bad feminism for good storytelling

By Bailey Herdé April 24

Evil Dead Rise is a movie for sickos by sickos

By Rafael Motamayor April 21

There’s only one right way to watch Ghosted

By Tasha Robinson April 21

The Mandalorian is buckling under the weight of all this continuity

By Joshua Rivera April 19

Advance Wars’ slick reboot makes 20 years of trouble melt away

By Michael McWhertor April 19

The Pope’s Exorcist teases 199 sequels and I would watch every single one of them

By Austen Goslin April 18

Dead Island 2 is as mindless as its zombies

By Jordan Oloman April 18

Tron: Identity transforms the cyberpunk world into a noir detective game

By Toussaint Egan April 17

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