As wildfires scorched the Los Angeles area in January 2025, a number of Snopes readers and commentators (archived) pointed out similarities between current events and the plot of Octavia Butler's 1993 ...

Or, at least, she did in Octavia E. Butler’s Parable of the Sower. The 1993 dystopian classic recounts the life and times of a Black girl who shares the pain of others. Lauren lives with this burden ...

The Stanley Parable is one of the most influential indie games ever created and revived widespread interest in unique, narrative-based adventures. Now, this critically acclaimed darling is back with ...

Over 30 years ago, Octavia Butler imagined a Los Angeles, consumed by fires, and last week, the cemetery where the iconic author is buried caught fire amid the ongoing wildfires impacting communities ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio — A popular coffee shop in downtown Columbus has closed its doors, leaving employees without paychecks and uncertain about the café’s future. Parable Coffee shut down on Monday.

This is not a review of The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe. If you clicked on this thinking that it would, in fact, be a review of The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe, I’m sorry to disappoint you, but ...

It starts with the modern hall of mirrors - a screen depicting a screen depicting a screen. I can count three of these before the detailing gets too small to make out, but even then I'm forgetting one ...

GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. It's incredibly bold to hide away a sequel to a game in an expanded re-release of the original experience. But when it comes to something as enjoyably ...

Ruby Modica is a specialized video game writer for GameRant, focusing on Metal Gear and other stealth/retro games where possible. She has been producing retro reviews on YouTube since 2019 and written ...