Story Explained

Aug 01, 2026 lore

A History of Hallownest: How a Kingdom of Bugs Walked Itself Into the Plague

Hollow Knight never explains itself. It breaks the fall of a kingdom into item descriptions, statue inscriptions and half-finished sentences muttered by bugs who have lost their minds, scatters the...

Aug 01, 2026
After Finishing Silksong: Notes on Inheritance and Being ...

This article contains complete spoilers for Silksong. Finish the game first. It took me...

Aug 01, 2026
Vessel to Subject: Both Hollow Knight Games Are Asking On...

Grounded shrinks you to the size of an ant and lets you measure an insect world with a ...

Aug 01, 2026
The Dessendre Family Explained — Five Kinds of Love in Cl...

A tragedy with no villain. Gustave and Sophie reunite half a life too late, Lumière kee...

Jul 31, 2026
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33's Story Isn't Too Small — Wha...

The most common complaint about the game is that an epic about human survival ends as a...

Jul 30, 2026
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Endings Explained — What the ...

Who is who on each side of the Canvas, why Maelle's position is impossible to resolve c...

Jul 30, 2026
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Review — The Sailor the Siren...

A review that starts out suspicious of the game's excess and ends up defending it: the ...