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  • Game Review Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor 2

    Remember part one? Get ready for déjà vu. 

    March 5, 2012 | 12:00am -

  • Katawa Shoujo

    Sawbuck Gamer March 5, 2012

    Our periodic roundup of new cheap or free videogames looks at young love at a school for the disabled, a zombie corporation, and chain reactions in the sky.

    March 5, 2012 | 12:00am -

  • Book Review Cristina Alger: The Darlings

    A debut thriller about a sprawling, wealthy family addresses a financial catastrophe lacks depth or worthwhile characters. 

    February 22, 2012 | 12:01pm -

  • Book Review Eowyn Ivey: The Snow Child 

    In this touching debut, which mirrors a Russian fairy tale, a couple builds a child out of snow, then deals with the unlikely results. 

    February 15, 2012 | 12:01pm -

  • Game Review Kingdoms Of Amalur: Reckoning

    You might have played this sort of game before but this is a good excuse to play it again. 

    February 13, 2012 | 12:00am -

  • Game Review Scarygirl

    A graphic-novel-derived game gets the look right, but not the gameplay.

    January 30, 2012 | 12:00am -

  • Book Review Lawrence M. Krauss: A Universe From Nothing

    A lecture explaining how science proves the universe doesn’t need God became a viral hit via YouTube, but is harder to follow in book form.

    January 25, 2012 | 12:02pm -

  • Abobo's Big Adventure

    Sawbuck Gamer January 23, 2012

    An infamous boss from the NES era gets his star turn.

    January 23, 2012 | 12:00am -

  • Game Review Star Wars: The Old Republic

    Star Wars gets an MMO to call its own.

    January 9, 2012 | 12:00am -

  • Best of The best books we read in 2011 

    What we read, and why we loved it, in 2011. 

    December 28, 2011 | 12:01pm -

  • Best of The best games of 2011 

    The A.V. Club’s games writers offer their consensus picks and some personal favorites. 

    December 27, 2011 | 12:01pm -

  • Game Review King Of Fighters XIII

    Things don’t change much the 13th time around for a venerable fighting franchise.

    December 5, 2011 | 12:01am -

  • Game Review The Cursed Crusade

    There’s no compelling reason to bother with this repetitive, sloppy quest game.

    October 31, 2011 | 12:00am -

  • Book Review Richard Dawkins: The Magic Of Reality

    The bestselling author of The Selfish Gene and The God Delusion brings his atheism to a younger crowd with this science book, extensively illustrated by Dave McKean.

    October 12, 2011 | 12:03pm -

  • The Binding Of Isaac

    Sawbuck Gamer October 10, 2011

    The A.V. Club’s regular roundup of bargain-bin videogames.

    October 10, 2011 | 12:00pm -

  • Game Review Solatorobo: Red The Hunter

    Cats and dogs living together?

    October 10, 2011 | 12:00am -

  • Book Review Vanessa Diffenbaugh: The Language Of Flowers

    The Victorian language of flowers gets more attention than the actual characters in this problematic debut.

    September 28, 2011 | 12:02pm -

  • Game Review Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine

    A new computer franchise launch for the miniatures game pumps up the action for newbies and old hands alike.

    September 19, 2011 | 12:00am -

  • Book Review Christopher Buehlman: Those Across The River

    A creepy horror debut pits unknown monsters against a well-drawn but foolish small town.

    September 14, 2011 | 12:03pm -

  • Book Review Mark Lawrence: Prince Of Thorns

    A despicable protagonist kicks off a fantasy series by raping and killing his way across a contested country.

    August 31, 2011 | 12:01pm -

  • Julius Styles

    Sawbuck Gamer August 29, 2011 

    The A.V. Club’s regular roundup of bargain-bin videogames. In this edition: Wesley Snipes brings his incarcerated star power to the iPhone.

    August 28, 2011 | 11:59pm -

  • Book Review William Giraldi: Busy Monsters

    A deeply unreliable narrator with a creative, colorful vocabulary details his own adventures in this playful debut novel. 

    August 24, 2011 | 12:02pm -

  • Game Review Age Of Empires Online

    A classic strategy game returns as an online experience.

    August 22, 2011 | 12:00am -

  • Game Review Bleach: Soul Resurrección

    Newcomers need not bother with this extension of a popular anime.

    August 15, 2011 | 12:00am -

  • Book Review David S. Goyer, Michael Cassutt: Heaven’s Shadow 

    Christopher Nolan’s writing partner on Batman Begins and The Dark Knight joins forces with a producer and space historian for this Earth-vs.-aliens thriller, which seems tailored for the screen.

    August 3, 2011 | 12:02pm -

  • Game Review Catherine

    A puzzle exploits the fear of commitment.

    August 1, 2011 | 12:00am -

  • Book Review Felix J. Palma: The Map Of Time

    A Spanish author gets his first American import with this thoroughly entertaining mock-Victorian novel featuring H.G. Wells as a reluctant time-travel consultant.

    July 27, 2011 | 12:00pm -

  • Proun

    Sawbuck Gamer July 18, 2011

    The A.V. Club’s regular roundup of bargain-bin videogames.

    July 18, 2011 | 12:00am -

  • Book Review Frank Moss: The Sorcerers and Their Apprentices

    A look at MIT’s all-but-miraculous Media Lab showcases some exciting stories about new technologies in development, but leans too hard on boosterism.

    July 13, 2011 | 12:00pm -

  • Book Review Jason Felch, Ralph Frammolino: Chasing Aphrodite

    A Pulitzer-finalist newspaper series on dirty deeds done in the name of procuring art for a museum has been expanded into an involving, detailed book.

    June 29, 2011 | 10:00am -