Authors: Blake Leszczynski

Review: Schrödinger’s Cat and the Raiders of the Lost Quark
In Schrödinger’s Cat, you play as the titular feline, helping a subatomic vacation spot recover after a disaster. … read more

Review: Technobabylon
It’s really the same in any medium—more money usually equates to less risk-taking. Technobabylon is a great example. … read more

Review: Long Walk to Valhalla
Long Walk to Valhalla Writer: Adam Smith Artist: Matthew Fox Publisher: Archaia Street: 07.21 The beauty of graphic novels is they are able to do things that movies and books could never get away with. It’s the only medium that can graciously combine bleak, real world settings and situations with high-concept mind-fuckery. Long Walk to

Review: Devil May Cry 4: Special Edition
I’d never played a single game in the Devil May Cry series. I just thought it is something worth noting going in. … read more

Review: King’s Quest Chapter 1: A Knight to Remember
King’s Quest is a great example of why these smaller games deserve more exposure. … read more

Muse Music: A New Muse
After a decade of being an institution of culture and music on Provo’s University Avenue, Muse Music shut up shop earlier this year and has reopened a few blocks southwest—on Provo’s resurgent Center Street. … read more

Review: Forza Motorsport 6
Forza Motorsport 6 Turn 10 Studios/ Microsoft Studios Reviewed on: Xbox One (Exclusive) Street: 09.15.2015 I don’t think it’s out of the question to say that Turn 10’s Forza series is every bit a part of what makes the Xbox platform what it is, perhaps even as much of war as Halo or the Gears

Review: Madden NFL 16
Madden NFL 16 EA Tiburon/ EA Sports Reviewed on: Xbox One Also on: PS3, PS4, Xbox 360, Street: 08.25 It’s been a pretty good fucking few weeks for James Franco’s little brother. The less talented but equally appealing sibling to Seth Rogen’s boyfriend got engaged to Community’s Alison Brie a few days ago. She’s just

Review: Rare Replay
The Nintendo 64 is the greatest, most important console ever. It’s a big claim, but the sheer amount of revolutionary concepts being brought, en masse, to fruition by one console, was a towering accomplishment. … read more

Review: Fraggle Rock: Journey to the Everspring
Though we, the 20- and 30-something nerds, have hijacked the medium over the last few decades, comic books, for the most part, have been thought of as primarily for children. … read more

Review: C.O.W.L. Volume 2: The Greater Good
The understated, dark, fantasy characters as normal folks thing has become a genre all on its own. … read more

Review: G.I. Joe: Snake Eyes, Agent of Cobra
It’s been something like 13 years since I last consumed anything G.I. Joe–related. I missed the recent live-action films and, unfortunately, have not kept up with the comic book universe. … read more