jen-and-aster

Scanline Media. Plural. Awoo.

Hi, we're Jennifer! And Aster! Feel free to refer to us with either name, or both.

We're the co-editor/co-host of Scanline Media and its various podcasts, but we also host Novel Not New: A True End Podcast at readinggames.online! Feel free to ask us anything, as long as you're polite about it.


Hellblade 2 is a truly infuriating video game. In its quest for no hud, no button prompts, and no distinction between gameplay and cutscene, it never communicates what it wants from us. We’ll take our thumb off the left stick, and it’s a 50/50 split on whether Senua will keep going or stop moving. Either it’s playing itself, or waiting for us to hit a button it didn’t signal us to hit. What a fucking mess.


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