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Words: IGN, Roger Ebert, Skywind, etc.

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Alex James Kane is a journalist based in west-central Illinois. He has written for Fangoria, Polygon, the website of Rolling Stone, StarWars.com, Variety, and other publications. He is the author of “Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic.”

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29 of the most hilarious comedies streaming right now

29 of the most hilarious comedies streaming right now

Science says laughter’s good for you; a great comedy can work miracles. But there’s no shortage of options ou…

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The Mandalorian recap: “Chapter 9: The Marshal”

The Mandalorian recap: “Chapter 9: The Marshal”

The internet’s favorite puppet is back. Season two of the Disney+ phenomenon “The Mandalorian” premiered o…

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Late 'Skyrim' Fan's Girlfriend Asks Bethesda To Honor Him With An In-Game Character

Late 'Skyrim' Fan's Girlfriend Asks Bethesda To Honor Him With An In-Game Character

“I would give up literally anything to just be in Skyrim.” These were the last words Colton “Colt” Meredith p…

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Voice Actor Alexander Luthor On The Thrills Of 'Fallout 76' And Its Fan-Art Community

Voice Actor Alexander Luthor On The Thrills Of 'Fallout 76' And Its Fan-Art Community

Alexander Luthor plays the titular character in Chad: A Fallout 76 Story. Chad’s a fan-made audio drama set i…

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5 Ways to Celebrate May the 4th with Star Wars Video Games

5 Ways to Celebrate May the 4th with Star Wars Video Games

May the 4th has become Star Wars Day for many folks around the world. Every fan has their own way of celebrat…

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The Clone Wars recap: The series finale is here-and it doesn't disappoint

The Clone Wars recap: The series finale is here-and it doesn't disappoint

Some time later—perhaps decades—the moon is blanketed in snow when the Empire arrives. Viper droids scan the …

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Is ‘007 First Light’ The Best Licensed Game In Years? Original

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For the antihero in Martin Campbell’s Casino Royale, 9/11 was a recent headline—something M brings up in casual conversation because it happened just five years prior to the events of the film. The James Bond we meet in IO Interactive’s 007 First Light, however, would have been about one year old, a toddler at most, when the World Trade Center fell.
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The 10 Best ‘Star Wars’ Games To Play In 2026

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Back in early 2019, while I was covering the Star Wars Celebration convention in Chicago, Variety asked me to rank the 10 best Star Wars video games ever made. And, in the years since, I’ve occasionally found myself thinking about how different that list would look if I wrote it today. Especially when you factor in things like availability or compatibility with modern controllers, Steam Deck, Nintendo Switch 2, Xbox and PlayStation, Windows 11, and so on.
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‘Zero Parades’ Review: The Opera Never Tires Original

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Are human beings mere flesh, delicate as the tape in an audiocassette, as the leaves on a tree? Or does each of us possess an everlasting soul, hidden away in some vast fortress of memory? Zero Parades: For Dead Spies, the second game from Disco Elysium developer ZA/UM Studio, gives both possibilities equal weight. It’s a story about emphemerality—of art, of nations, of people, of secrets—but also one about the untapped power of the human psyche.
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What was your first job as a journalist?

I wrote news and features for Kill Screen.

Who's your favorite fictional journalist?

Phil Sheldon.

What does it mean to be a journalist?

I think of myself as a storyteller helping people to better understand subjects I care about, but my biggest obligation is to tell the truth.