Worth Reading: The Manbreaker and Masculinity
This week, Patrick’s talking with Aftermath co-founder Chris Person and the author of the excellent essay “Baby’ Steps Manbreaker Did Not Break Me.”
Streams & Podcasts
A Return to PowerWashing (And Chatting)
It's been a minute since Patrick and Rob decided to slowly clean virtual objects while quietly also kind of recording a podcast.
Janet and Patrick Are Going to Rank Every Platformer Ever
Welcome to episode zero of a new feature at Remap, where our in-house platforming super fans, Janet and Patrick, are going to embark on a journey to rank every platformer video game that’s ever existed.
Articles
The Ultimate Backlog Item
Rob and Patrick pose each other a simple question: given enough time, what video game—or type of video game—would you pass the hours with?
Every Good Story Needs a Banging Soundtrack
Mixtape is Life Is Strange (absent the supernatural) by way of John Hughes, a game where its developers tried to translate teenage angst into a controller.
Amberspire: A Fascinating, Incomplete Take on the City-Builder
Look on my dice, ye mighty, and roll.
The Clowns and Criminals of Titanium Court
The video game equivalent of an onion. An onion full of fairies, match 3, and baseball references.
An Alternate Life
A Remap reader asks Rob and Patrick a tough question: if you didn't have the life that you have now, what might it have looked like?
Remap Recommends, Volume XXI
A little capitalism critique by way of Park Chan-Wook, some corporate thrillers, and a different view of Hell.
Changing Tunes
Patrick and Rob chat about what's piping through their headphones and speakers, now that the weather is warming up.
Fake It Until You Make It: The Story of Minishoot’ Adventures
A tale of two cousins—one who was allowed to play video games, and one who wasn't—who decided to chase a silly dream. And pulled it off.
Tiny Little Pills
Welcome to your 40s, the time in your life where you—including Rob and Patrick—start being told "so, uh, this is just how things are now?"
The Developers Behind 1000xResist Are Back And Tackling AI
1000xResist tried to capture a truth about the early days of COVID-19. Now, its creators are turning their attention to artificial intelligence. And CAPCHAs.
The Death of Jerry
Patrick comes to Rob with grave news about the cleaning robot in their house, which prompts a conversation about the tools and toys in our house that we cannot live without.
DLSS 5 Is an Aesthetic Abomination. It’s Also a Technical Failure
The devils in the details.
10 Years of Being Max Caulfield
A conversation with actor Hannah Telle about being at the center of the phenomenon that was—and is—Life Is Strange.
It's Tool Time
As the weather changes, you begin to look at the world around you—the grass, the cement, everything—and wonder whether a trip to Ace Hardware is in order.
Cairn Pits Players Against Their Greatest Enemy: Themselves
Towards the end of your journey, The Game Bakers push on every player's desire to beat the final boss. But what if you...just didn't?