
CultureFeature
The video store is back, and it's not about nostalgia
A wave of small rental shops is opening in cities with plenty of streaming. Their customers say they're paying for something algorithms can't sell them.
By Hana Sato2 min read
Independent journalism, reader supported

Culture critic
Hana reviews games and film and writes about the communities that form around them. She believes every medium has a slow, strange corner worth defending, and she usually finds it.
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CultureFeature
A wave of small rental shops is opening in cities with plenty of streaming. Their customers say they're paying for something algorithms can't sell them.
By Hana Sato2 min read

CultureReview
There are no enemies and no timer. You carry a lantern across a flooded valley. It's the most absorbing thing I've played this year.
By Hana Sato1 min read