Dream on the Screen | Paratopic
“What’s that Can’t tell Hand-held dream Shot in hell” —Death Grips, I’ve Seen Footage “A sense of the eerie seldom clings to enclosed…
The New Flesh | Observer
Observer is the rare cyberpunk story that refuses to fetishize its milieu, even today, 30 years after the genre’s inception. William Gibson’s early…
The Hunger Artists | Little Nightmares
The lucid surrealism of Czech filmmaker Jan Svankmajer is one of cinema’s most eerie spectacles. Svankmajer’s juxtaposition of rough-hewn stop-motion animation with live-action…
Miniature Mansions | Gnog
Gnog bundles the puzzle game into a series of discrete pocket universes. Blocky, pastel containers float in starry voids, or humming laboratories, or…
The Empty Lot | Yakuza Zero
Kabukichō, Tokyo is routinely referred to as the city’s red-light district; a violent, debauched place that lures tourists and locals alike, though that…
Anatomical Interiors | Silent Hill 3
“If you want to understand a place, ignore the boastful monuments and landmarks, and go straight to the haunted houses,” writes Colin Dickey…