by Bryn Gelbart The Giant Bombcast was my first parasocial relationship in video games. Podcasts were my gateway into reading (and writing for) games websites. It actually began with the Bungie Podcast, but uh that is a longer story for some other time. I got into the Bombcast after hearing about it on other gaming…

Let me put myself back in the shoes of one of the worst weeks of my life: the week I collectively spent 250$ USD on the hottest thing in town. Now, it wasn’t a drug (those would come later, and cheaper) and it wasn’t gambling. I’m from a background that benefits either a neighborhood kid…

written by Sam Moore, edited by Deep Hell There are lots of things that come to mind when playing Control. The basement rooms, overrun with foliage and yet with TVs still running, are reminiscent of the art of Nam June Paik; the very existence of the Federal Bureau of Control (FBC) – and the Oceanview…

I never expected when we started Deep Hell almost five or six years ago that we’d be sitting here opening emails at one am – emails opened under hazy bar lights with drinks in hand while *we’re* trying to escape feeling anything, emails that end with “please help it survive.” the email in question is…