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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Three people sitting on a roof at night. Cover image for our Mixtape review.

Mixtape: The Retcon Review

You're cruising down the road on your skateboard, rocking out to DEVO's That's Good on your headphones hooked up to the walkman clipped to...
Faces of several people on what looks like wallpaper for The White Lotus Season 4.

“French Aloofness” Will Serve as the Heart of The White Lotus Season 4

Production has begun on The White Lotus Season 4, with this latest season being set in France and the Cannes Film Festival as the...
A man and a woman holding guns against a city backdrop in GTA VI.

Take-Two CEO Explains Why GTA VI Won’t Be on PC at Launch

Grand Theft Auto VI might very well be the most highly anticipated video game release of the decade, Red Dead Redemption 2 notwithstanding. Most...
A girl with red hair holding her hand to her chest in FFXIV.

I Am More Than Ready for FFXIV’s Next Big World-Ending Threat

I liked Dawntrail more than most other people and thought it was a good change of pace for the Warrior of Light to take...
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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...