The Best Nintendo Switch Games for Every Kind of Player
From Hyrule to Hallownest, these are our absolute favorite escapes for the best portable console.
Eric Ravenscraft
The Future of Video Games Is ... Reality TV?
When you play The Crush House, it’s your job to capture the drama and please “the butt guys.” Get ready for a new kind of game.
Megan Farokhmanesh
AI-Generated Spoofs of RuPaul’s Drag Race Are Flooding Instagram and TikTok
The next Drag Race Ru-volution doesn’t involve Ru at all.
Marah Eakin
The Best Queer Batman Parody You Almost Never Saw
When Vera Drew set out to make The People’s Joker her goal was to tell a trans coming-of-age story using characters that had inspired her since Batman Forever. When she was done, things got weird.
Angela Watercutter
An Interview With a Guy Who Got a Vasectomy During the East Coast Earthquake
Where’s the last place you want to be during an earthquake? For Justin Allen, it was the urology clinic.
Makena Kelly
The Matrix Is Getting a Fifth Movie—Without a Wachowski Directing
Drew Goddard, who has worked on everything from The Martian to The Good Place, will write and direct the new film. Your simulated future is about to look very different.
Angela Watercutter
Pop Music Is Mad. Social Media Loves It
A new study found that song lyrics are now angrier, more repetitive, and vain. Consensus wavers, but what remains incontestable is social media’s impact on the music we hear most.
Jason Parham
Influencers Are Trying to Go Viral by Playing a Game About Going Viral
Horror game Content Warning is a metanarrative about the things streamers will do to get clicks.
Megan Farokhmanesh