The Island Story

Pixar takes on screen time with Toy Story 5, while not adding a lot to the conversation. But like Woody, Buzz and the rest of the toys, eventually the film finds a reason to exist in the first place.

Did you know there have been FIVE canonical Robins in the DC Universe since Batman's inception? So then why is Batman considered a loner? Susana breaks it all down in this episode of Issue At Hand!

BioShock Infinite's Bread Boy went viral on Twitter in February, so we asked developer Gwen Frey to weigh in on how exactly she made this king of crumb. The reasons the Bread Boy exists in the Burial at Sea DLC point to the strange, specific problems that developers have to overcome every day. Gwen is now hard at work on a satirical puzzle game called Lab Rat, with her own studio.

The entire Mass Effect trilogy is fantastic, but the first game's story is head-and-shoulders above the tales told in the later games.

Showa American Story succeeds in crafting an unforgettable, eccentric B-movie world. However, its deliberate jank and niche style mean its general polish still lags behind other modern AAA action games at this point. The sheer density of cultural parodies is impressive, but whether the game can sustain this tone over a dozens-of-hours-long campaign without exhausting players remains to be seen. Coupled with its current shortcomings in combat depth and mechanical feel, Showa American Story is shaping up to be an incredibly unique, highly flawed, yet undeniably fascinating ride.