For years now, when we think of mobile gaming, we think of app stores. Developers invest countless hours, months, or even years creating games just to surrender a significant portion — up to 30% — of ...

Forget its reputation as a performative read for a certain breed of intense young man, thirty years after its publication, David Foster Wallace’s epic novel still delivers, says the Crying in H Mart ...

This essay and interview appear in this week’s The Book Pages newsletter. For more information and book coverage, sign up for the free newsletter. Years ago, I taught English as a Second Language at a ...

A few stanzas from the end of Chaucer’s long poem “Troilus and Criseyde,” the author interrupts his story to indulge in a bit of reception anxiety. “Go, litel book,” he bids the manuscript that’s soon ...

Thirty years ago, living in Cambridge, England, I wandered into Heffers Bookshop and picked up a monstrous new novel on the display table. It had a title out of Hamlet, a Simpsons-sky dustjacket, ...

A new 30th anniversary edition of Infinite Jest is on the way, and it features a foreword from Japanese Breakfast’s Michelle Zauner. Although nothing has yet been confirmed yet, the new edition has ...

Posts mocking strangers for cracking open classics have become popular. So where are we supposed to read them? I consider no activity more luxurious than posting up at a bar solo with a good book. The ...

If you’ve shopped for a new TV, laptop, phone, or essentially any modern tech device that includes a screen, you’ve likely come across the acronym HDR before. Quite simply, HDR stands for High Dynamic ...

Robbie has been an avid gamer for well over 20 years. During that time, he's watched countless franchises rise and fall. He's a big RPG fan but dabbles in a little bit of everything. Writing about ...