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As seen in: Slant Magazine, Yahoo Entertainment, Yahoo News Malaysia, BuzzFeed, IGN, IGN Middle East, IGN Nordic, IGN's Watchlist, The Hollywood Reporter, The Verge, IGN India and
Writing on everything, unfortunately. Bylines at Slant, Polygon, Unwinnable, Fanbyte, Buzzfeed News, WaPo, IGN, EGM, etc. He/him. 📧 stvnscaife at gmail

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A Russian Crucible: Pathologic 2 and the Problem of Video Game Difficulty | EGM

A Russian Crucible: Pathologic 2 and the Problem of Video Game Difficulty | EGM

For EGM, I interviewed several Pathologic 2 developers about making the game as well as philosophies around v…

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Why Is "Death Stranding" The Video Game People Took Seriously This Year?

Why Is "Death Stranding" The Video Game People Took Seriously This Year?

For Buzzfeed, I examined Death Stranding and the barriers for what types of art we deem important.

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The Best Games You Aren't Playing: Orbital Bullet and More

The Best Games You Aren't Playing: Orbital Bullet and More

For Fanbyte, I wrote an indie game column focused on Itch releases and, in general, games that did not receiv…

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Netflix's Beef doesn't let anyone be just a stereotype

Netflix's Beef doesn't let anyone be just a stereotype

For Polygon, I wrote about the portrayal of Asian-Americans in media as it relates to the Netflix series Beef.

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Nicolas Cage in a Post-Ironic Universe: On a Decade of Cagesploitation

Nicolas Cage in a Post-Ironic Universe: On a Decade of Cagesploitation

For Fanbyte, I connected the dots between every single movie Nicolas Cage made in the 2010s.

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Mulan Review: Pack Up, Go Home, You're Through

Mulan Review: Pack Up, Go Home, You're Through

For Fanbyte, I reviewed Disney's live-action Mulan as it compares to a long history of wuxia cinema.

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Lost In Cult

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FAITH: Design Works SIGNED Deluxe Edition Campaign limited Softback book 180 x 250mm Approx.
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Occult Atmosphere, Dramatic Anemia

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| Slant Magazine Verified
Nobody makes home movies like the Adams family, with proud parents Toby Poser and John Adams cranking out low-budget horror films that they write, direct, and star in (among other behind-the-camera duties) alongside their daughters. If 2024’s Hell Hole, a Serbia-set creature feature, was something of a departure for the Catskills-based filmmaking collective, their latest, Mother of Flies, finds them back in familiar, occult-themed territory.
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Time-Bending Psychological Horror

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The town at the center of the Pathologic series, known only as Town-on-the-Ghorkhon, is one of the great video-game settings. Built on the back of a bull-slaughtering industry that exploits the indigenous population, the Russian settlement is dense with symbolism and alive with big personalities vying for power. Its labyrinthine streets are dotted with impossible architecture—monuments to the aspirations and excesses of its ruling families.
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