Articles by M. Stoneman

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Album Review: PVRIS – Use Me

You know that prickling feeling that creeps down the back of your spine after a particularly miserable day? Perhaps you’ve come to realize something that unsettled you, or disturbed your usual train of thought. Perhaps you looked in the mirror that day and saw only cold indifference staring at you – or maybe it was […]

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GameDevOverdose Interview: A Chat About ‘237’

Fans of ‘The Shining’ have for the longest time imagined exploring the halls of the infamous Overlook Hotel – and thanks to GameDevOverdose, this is now a possibility! Continuing our collaboration with Bad Ghosts, we here at AltWire are delighted to welcome GameDevOverdose and composer Befly discuss their work on the newest fan/indie adaptation of ‘The Shining’ – […]

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Interview: Placeholder Gameworks

If you’ve ever wanted to step into the shoes of an office-based Grim Reaper, Placeholder Gameworks has a game for you! Combining influences from such titles as ‘Papers, Please’, ‘Reigns’, ‘Beholder’, ‘Animal Inspector’ and more, ‘Death and Taxes’ offers players the chance to complete paperwork reaping’s in the hopes of earning what would possibly amount […]

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Interview: Mike Shinoda on ‘Dropped Frames Vol. 1’

Following the release of the highly acclaimed Post Traumatic, Mike Shinoda swiftly returns with the more light-hearted release, Dropped Frames, Vol 1 – an album created over the course of lockdown with the fans, for the fans.   Heavily inspired by fan suggestions throughout an ongoing series of Twitch streams, Dropped Frames, Vol 1 sees the veteran musician completely at ease with experimentation, with each […]

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10 Tasty Riffs – The Material

You know who I miss? The Material. Now, sure – we got the Grey States 2018 EP after a long hiatus, and the band is certainly still around… but Everything I Want to Say dropped in 2013 and suddenly that feels like a long, long time ago. Full of huge, pop punk/alt rock Colleen D’Agostino-led […]

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10 Tasty Riffs – Papa Roach

Welcome back, friends to Ten Tasty Riffs! This week, we focus on Papa Roach! As we’ve all seen, the last few weeks have been some of the craziest we’ve seen in a long time, so to combat working at home for nearly two weeks, my household has been filled with two things: cats, and rock […]