The most realistic survival horror games can still include some fantastical or supernatural elements — it comes down to how they're presented.

Brothers in Arms is a mod for The Witcher 3 that combines bug fixes with restoration of cut content. It's a frequently updated mod—last time we checked it restored a bunch of dialogue, including a ...

At first glance, the conceit of writer-director Louis Paxton’s “The Incomer” is something that isn’t alien to many indie film fans. It plays like Yorgos Lanthimos’ “Dogtooth” filtered through the ...

Sometimes, it's not about atmosphere in a horror game — it's about the perfect time to ambush you with a jump scare.

An alternate reality version of Clemson Murn -- played by Chukwudi Iwuji in Season 1 of Peacemaker -- almost showed up in ...

Each year, IndieWire reaches out to the cinematographers behind the films premiering at the Sundance Film Festival and asks ...

There are very few movies out there like *The Fifth Element*. *The Fifth Element* is a pioneer of futuristic '90s space ...

Alien Isolation 2 made headlines when the sequel was first announced in October 2024. The announcement was part of the 10th anniversary celebration of the first Alien Isolation game, which was ...

A new paper posits that advanced alien civilizations may communicate through subtle flashes, like fireflies do on Earth. The thought experiment suggests that we need to avoid human biases in our ...

Is it the invasion of the genome snatchers? Just in case the idea of aliens walking around in human skin suits wasn’t frightening enough. An outlandish study asserts that aliens might have abducted us ...

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