The 24 Best Video Games of 2024
PopMatters’ 24 Best Video Games of 2024 highlight achievements in game design and the risks creators take to lure gamers into the magic circle.
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The 24 Best Video Games of 2024
PopMatters’ 24 Best Video Games of 2024 highlight achievements in game design and the risks creators take to lure gamers into the magic circle.
The “Roll” of Life in ‘We Love Katamari Reroll + Royal Reverie.’
We Love Katamari Reroll + Royal Reverie is as accessible as it is attractive. Its bright art style and jubilant music make the gameplay deliriously uplifting.
Puzzle’s Answers Lie Beyond the Pieces
Puzzle is a film that's enjoyable whether or not you have a special talent or idiosyncratic hobby, the sort of film that understands life is a puzzle that requires solving even if it can't be won or lost.
I Finally “Get” ‘Hitman’
Hitman is a puzzle game. It has been described as such before, but there’s a difference between hearing that and understanding that.
You Can’t Know the Answer in ‘Enemy’
Director Denis Villeneuve's most successful film to date is a baffling mood piece, a puzzle designed with no solution.