Eventually the ugly thing will raise its head once again in the night. Prompted by strange thoughts that come from somewhere in the center of the spine. It’s a midnight feeling, at first. Places we live and work in, cluttered with little photographs and ephemera purchased at comic-conventions or on etsy or god forbid our…
WETWARE
We boarded the first Battle Bus some time late in the afternoon. I remember it was still the tail end of summer, just a few short weeks ago. I could finally see myself the way I was: a cute girl in a skirt, this time, or a horrible monster the next if I wanted. Not…
FEAR AND SELF LOATHING ON THE BATTLE BUS
By Bryn Gelbart Fortnite used to be a joke. Literally. On the Giant Bombcast in the years leading up to Epic’s release of the game in 2017, the question “what is Fortnite?” was a running gag. With each passing E3, TGS, and PAX that Epic wasn’t showing its new tower defense building game, it became…
READY PLAYER FORTNITE
Come join us the month of September on the Deep-Hell discord as we play as much of the Battle Royale genre as we can possibly squeeze in. All of your friends will be there.
BORN UNDER A BAD SIGN
There’s an old quote that goes something like “whatever world war III is fought with, world war IV will be fought with sticks.” to which I’d like to offer a brief and contemptible counterargument: whatever World War III is fought with, it will still be featured in Call of Duty: World at War IV. So…
THOSE WHO HAVE FELT PAIN
by Karin Malady “You’ve been feeling it too, haven’t you? Something is off. Your clothes never wear as well the next day. Your hair never falls in quite the same way. Even your coffee tastes… wrong. Our institutions are crumbling. Nobody trusts their neighbor anymore. And you stay up at night wondering to yourself…”…
NOW AND FOREVER, OPEN FOR BUSINESS
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…
GOTCHA
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…