Zhiqing Wan

Zhiqing began her video game journey in 1996, when her dad introduced her to Metal Gear, Resident Evil, and Silent Hill — and the rest, as they say, is history. She was an editor at The Escapist, Destructoid, and Twinfinite before starting up Retcon.
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A man with a red scarf and hat against a blue sky backdrop. Cover image for our Adventures of Elliot review.

The Adventures of Elliot: The Millennium Tales: The Retcon Review

The Adventures of Elliot: The Millennium Tales is Square Enix's attempt at applying its 2D-HD aesthetic to the Zelda-like action RPG genre in a...
A woman holding a glass. Cover image for our Pluribus Season 2 story.

Pluribus Season 2 Gets an Update; “We’ll Learn More About the Atom Bomb”

Pluribus thoroughly impressed me with its debut season and I, like many others, am getting extremely antsy waiting for a second season. Well, here's...
A red tiled floor with the words "Order of the Sinking Star".

Order of the Sinking Star Has Already Wormed its Way into My Brain

I was keenly aware of how beloved Jonathan Blow's games were, but nothing quite prepared me for what Order of the Sinking Star had...
A woman with blood on her face in Obsession.

The Inherent Cruelty of Bear’s Wish in Obsession

This article contains major spoilers for the 2026 horror movie Obsession."I wish Nikki loved me more than anything in the fucking world."Let's unpack that.Curry...
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Pluribus Is Apple TV’s Biggest Series Launch

It was inevitable that Vince Gilligan's next project would garner a lot of attention, whatever it ended up being. After a successful bidding war,...
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A woman sitting in a truck in Pluribus.

Pluribus Writer Says the Show Would “Become Meaningless” If Everything Was...

Pluribus is a sci-fi TV show on Apple TV that revolves around a virus that has affected all of humanity and merged everyone into...
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A girl with pink hair in Demonschool.

Demonschool Proves We Need More Small Numbers in RPGs

Every person with a lizard brain lives by this one cardinal rule. The bigger the number, the better you are. It's just basic math....
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A back of a girl with short black hair in Silent Hill f.

Whoa, Silent Hill f Actually Got Nominated for Stuff at The...

The horror genre tends not to do very well at award shows. Parasite and The Substance were the exception, not the rule. And the...
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A close-up of a man holding a sword against a purple backdrop in FFXIV.

Yoshi-P Wants to “Reinvent” Final Fantasy XIV For the Second Time

The story of Final Fantasy XIV is a truly fascinating one. Square Enix's MMORPG was originally released in 2010 and largely panned by critics...
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In Pluribus, Carol Is Addicted to Misery & That’s the Point

Imagine staying in a hotel in Norway made entirely out of ice. Every year, the ice melts. And every year, the artists and artisans...