Drew Toal

5/7/20

Killing above your weight class: 25 unexpected assassins

The mightier the villain does not always mean the mightier the hero. Here are 26 fictional characters who met their…

12/22/16

Our favorite games of 2016, part 2

Every December, instead of searching for a group consensus, Gameological looks back at the year in games through…

7/28/16

The best games of 2016 so far: A Gameological catch-up guide

Nobody has the time to play all the great video games that hit the market. Between the increasingly even…

6/2/16

Homefront: The Revolution is a red yawn

Philadelphia would not be an easy town for a foreign military force to occupy. It is, of course, the place where the…

5/10/16

From 17 to 55 years, authors took their time with these long-awaited book sequels

When Richard Russo published Everybody’s Fool last week, he joined the club of authors who waited more than a decade…

4/1/16

Quantum Break looks to the future by mining the past

Let it not be said that Quantum Break’s developer, Remedy Entertainment (creators of Max Payne and Alan Wake), lacks…

2/5/16

When even Cam Newton can’t save you from a Madden disaster

Welcome to our weekly open thread for the discussion of gaming plans, nagging questions, and whatever else we feel…

2/2/16

Darkest Dungeon considers the psychological toll of adventuring

I’m just going to say it: Many of the world’s ills stem directly from wealthy old white guys indulging dangerous…

1/27/16

Surely you can’t be serious: 16 movie parodies that still hold up

Parody films are ephemeral by nature. Even the most influential parodists of the 20th century, like Mel Brooks and…

1/12/16

What is your New Year’s gaming resolution?

This week’s question is an old Gameological favorite: What is your New Year’s gaming resolution?

1/11/16

Beyond Making A Murderer: 18 more true-life injustices brought to light in pop culture

Netflix’s runaway hit documentary series Making A Murderer raised the ire (and pulses) of viewers across the…

12/22/15

Our favorite games of 2015, part two

Every December, instead of searching for a group consensus, Gameological looks back at the year in games through…

11/24/15

Star Wars Battlefront finally gives expendable grunts their due

What, exactly, constitutes a war? Here on Earth, the definition is a little unclear. The United States has been in…

11/23/15

The bad dinosaurs: 14 regrettable works of dino-themed entertainment

The Good Dinosaur didn’t really live up to it’s name. But the project was highly anticipated leading up to its…

11/11/15

Home sweet wasteland: 7 perfectly livable post-apocalyptic communities

As Matt Gerardi noted in his review this week, the nuke-ravaged world of Fallout 4 places a greater emphasis than…

11/5/15

Halo 5 is a missed opportunity to evolve more than just combat

Much of the hype around the new Star Wars movies (perhaps the only space epic bigger than Halo) is fueled by rumors…

10/14/15

Transformers: Devastation is the best Transformers game ever

Around 1.3 million people die in automobile accidents every year, a number that doesn’t even account for the 10s of…

10/8/15

Traveling tunes: 10 methods of gaming transport and their moving themes

Even more than catching monsters or pitting them against each other for profit and glory, Pokémon is really about…

8/19/15

“If you love me, you’ll drink this”: 7 movie cocktails you shouldn’t try at home

There are plenty of life lessons to be gleaned from film history, but please don’t take your mixology lessons from…

7/22/15

Godzilla is the game of the year for masochists

“Let them fight.” By uttering these three simple words in the 2014 movie Godzilla, Ken Watanabe’s character got…

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