Uncharted: A New Adventure with Familiar Faces
Uncharted movie provides a new adventure with familiar characters and easter eggs honoring the video game franchise.
Reviews and essays about media related to games
Gravity Falls – Dungeons, Dungeons & more Dungeons
Gravity Falls is one of the most clever cartoons referencing different kinds of media. In season 2 we get an amazing parody of a beloved classic Dungeons and Dragons. It still holds up a decade later!
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Can’t we go back to the past? – A review of R.E.T.R.O. by mind.in.a.box
The music duo mind.in.a.box take old C64 music and cover it with the sound of modern electronica on their album R.E.T.R.O.
Level 2 by Last Chance to Reason – It’s not easy living inside a video game
The album Level 2 by the band Last Chance to Reason presents the confused thoughts of a character inside the virtual world of a video game through the genre of technical death metal
Killing every NPC in Vvardenfell – A review of Contrapoints Morrowind playthrough
“In this stream, I am going to attempt to kill every NPC in Morrowind.” - ContraPoints, 2021
Free Guy is a movie that every nerd HAS to watch
The movie is filled with references to games, nerd culture and pure awesomeness. Also, it's pretty funny.
Weird game mechanics, drama and alien invasions – How live streamer Vinesauce (Vinny) creates narratives and plotlines through the affordances of non-narrative games
When an imaginative Let’s Player meets the absurd game of Tomodachi Life, you can expect there to be memes, aliens and love-triangles.
We’re All Mad in Borderland
A Netlix show with violent games? No, I’m not talking about Squid Game but Alice in Borderland. This japanese show based on a manga is definitely worthwhile.
Passionate, unique, and entertaining ranking video – Square Eyed Jak’s Every Tony Hawk Level ranked
Get ready to watch unique every level ranked of Tony Hawk games with an objective perspective and enjoyable watching experience!
Going by the Rules or Playing for Personal Gains? The Game Against The Rules in Netflix’ Love Is Blind
Love Is Blind sets a meaningful premise of love being blind, but it is festered with contestants playing and setting up strategies to play to their own benefit.
Duke Smoochem: A Tour of the Absurdity of Life on Normal Island
It is in a spirit of both mocking opposition to British reactionaries, as well as a sometimes amused affection for the country’s parochial strangeness, that amateur game maker Dan Douglas has created Duke Smoochem 3D.
Alone in the Dark is a Better Way to Spend Your Time than Watching a Movie with the Same Name
Director Uwe Boll is a gift that keeps giving and Alone in the Dark is one of his first video game movies. Unfortunately, not even masochists can enjoy these gifts.
Courtroom hijinks on stage – Ace Attorney: Turnabout Spotlight
Too much yelling, too little crime-solving and investigating for an Ace Attorney experience.
The Most Relatable Orcs in Hollywood – Warcraft (Movie)
An average movie recommendable to fans of the franchise, with beautiful scenes and exquisite orcs.
Games and Books as Crucial Components of the Whole Imaginary Universe
Books, based on games seem to expand the inner universe to satisfy the fans. Are the authors able to save the original ideology and concept of the project or are they more likely to turn the narrative upside down?
Nextlander podcast: A wholesome peek into the game industry
Is the Nextlander podcast your next binge obsession of dad jokes and gaming news?
A heartfelt and captivating musical adaptation of a JRPG – Trails of Cold Steel: Premium 3D Musical
It’s often said that movie adaptations of video games are terrible. So, how would a musical fare? Well.
Ready, Set, SLAY
Slay is a novel about a virtual world, an MMO game for black people and a growing story of its creator, a young woman who struggles to find her place in the world. Is there a right or wrong way to represent your identity and your culture?
A Heartless Husk and a Soulless Adaptation – Dragon’s Dogma (Series)
A Netflix adaptation no one asked for, Dragon’s Dogma is a dark and mediocre fantasy series that mostly fails to capture the magic of its source material.
Worlds 2021 – The one yearly dose of League I need
The end of the year is closing in, so it’s once again time to see who the best League of Legends team in the world is.