Easily the strangest facet of Prime Video’s Secret Level series is a short film based on Sony’s Concord, the first-person shooter that launched this summer to a dismal reception, and was quickly taken offline and canceled. Concord was a spectacular failure for Sony and developer Firewalk Studios, in part because too few people seemed to […]

From classics like Spirited Away and My Neighbor Totoro to its latest film The Boy and the Heron, Studio Ghibli has delighted viewers of all ages with its signature animation style and heart-wrenching stories. The acclaimed Japanese studio, which was started by Hayao Miyazaki, Isao Takahata, and Toshio Suzuki, has gone on to craft some […]

Did you know that some of the voice actors from the original Resident Evil didn’t even know they were in the final game? I sure didn’t, until I read Philip J Reed’s oral history on the development of Resident Evil published by Boss Fight Books. The video games we know and love have rich history […]

Sci-fi shows this year have run the gamut from big-budget video game adaptations like Fallout to quirky animated gems like Iwájú. Be they from existing franchises, adaptations of books, or totally original stories, they all explore the wide world that the science fiction genre has to offer — because in truth, it’s quite a range. […]

If The Outer Worlds could be summed up in three words, I’d go with “capitalism is bad.” That message is dressed up with silly mascot costumes, over-the-top advertising, and cheeky dialogue, but once you scratch at that silliness, the satire becomes quite clear. The Secret Level animated anthology spends one episode in this world, following […]