Reading List

The most recent articles from a list of feeds I subscribe to.

Statues more than redeems Junji Ito after the failed Uzumaki anime

A new manga book, collecting stories new and old, proves the mangaka can still scare us with pure horror comic form.

Magic’s Secrets of Strixhaven makes D&D’s Strixhaven book better than ever

Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos may not work well as a narrative adventure, but the world-building and character options are sublime.

This retro Indiana Jones game sparked my lifelong love of adventure gaming

Indiana Jones and His Desktop Adventures is not a good piece of media, but it taught me to love puzzles and adventure games

The 10 most perfect sci-fi movies of the last 5 years

They say there's no such thing as perfection, but these science fiction films beg to differ.

The future of local TV news has taken a Trumpian turn

This is The Stepback, a weekly newsletter breaking down one essential story from the tech world. For more stories on Big Tech versus politics in Washington, DC, follow Tina Nguyen and read Regulator. The Stepback arrives in our subscribers' inboxes at 8AM ET. Opt in for The Stepback here. How it started A long time […]