Culture

Talking to a member of the video game speedrunning community about the appeal of the practice, its status as a sort of performance art, and tensions over encroaching commercialization.

Aziah King's authorial voice is singular, and what she's already done on social media is more valuable than any corporate cosign.

While Hollywood increasingly caters to our shrinking attention spans, Victoria, a new German film shot in real time, roots its viewers in the present. 

This month, time catches up to Marty McFly. But instead of worrying about the projections in the film that have come true, we complain about the electronic devices we can't buy.

The singer, who died on October 21, 2003, always maintained that he loved making his music, even as his music usually claimed that he didn't love much at all.

As video games increasingly adopt the language and pacing of literature—intricate plots, morally ambiguous characters, endlessly expansive worlds—what effect are they in turn having on books?

When it comes to true crime, women are often both victim and audience. Why are female readers drawn to tales of their own destruction?

Fighting for diversity in a genre mostly known for angry white men.