Hi! My name’s Michael, and today I want to talk to you about time loops. You know, like the thing Groundhog Day was made of, or one third of all Star Trek: The Next Generation episodes. Time loops are ...

It makes sense why we like watching or playing a character traveling through the same day, hour, or even minute over and over; it is a powerful metaphor for exploring regret, missed connections, ...

Deathloop may be the highest profile time loop game this year, but it’s far from the only one. In a way, time loop fictions have always felt connected to real world anxieties and problems. In today’s ...

Stuck in a single-day loop, Colt must kill all eight Visionaries on Blackreef to break the loop and escape his mental prison. Deathloop, Bethesda’s take on a Souls-like/roguelike, brought the time ...

Everybody loves a good Groundhog Day episode; The X-Files, Fringe, 12 Monkeys, Xena: Warrior Princess, and more have done them. But there are some television shows that took the beloved but familiar ...

Games based on time loops, where the protagonist is caught in a repeating cycle of events, are having something of a moment. Deathloop, Twelve Minutes, The Forgotten City, Returnal, Outer Wilds, Minit ...

A new console generation isn’t just better graphics and more power; it’s about where creativity grows next. Certain gameplay flourishes become an early stamp of approval within the launch window of a ...