Scott Meslow

Los Angeles

Writer and Critic at Freelance

Author: A PLACE BOTH WONDERFUL AND STRANGE: THE EXTRAORDINARY HISTORY OF TWIN PEAKS — coming in 2026! Culture critic: @GQMagazine, @Vulture, @TheWeek, etc.

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The Video Game Version of Abby Anderson Thinks HBO Made a Wise Choice

3 days ago | vulture.com | Scott Meslow

Spoilers for the second episode of HBO’s The Last of Us season 2 and the video game The Last of Us Part II follow. Laura Bailey still hasn’t seen HBO’s version of that scene.
The Trump Tariffs Could Make the Nintendo Switch 2 (Even) More Expensive

2 weeks ago | msn.com | Scott Meslow

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The Trump Tariffs Could Make the Nintendo Switch 2 (Even) More Expensive

2 weeks ago | gq.com | Scott Meslow

Hoping to snag a Nintendo Switch 2? The process just got a little more complicated. In a press release, Nintendo announced that preorders for the new video game console—originally planned for April 9—will be delayed indefinitely to “assess the potential impact of tariffs and evolving market conditions.” Nintendo still plans to release the console on June 5.
Death Stranding 2 : tout ce qu'on sait sur le prochain grand jeu vidéo de la PlayStation 5

1 month ago | gqmagazine.fr | Scott Meslow

Plus que quelques mois avant la sortie de ce qui s'annonce comme l'un des jeux vidéo phares de l'année 2025 sur PlayStation 5 : Death Stranding 2 : On the Beach. Près de six ans après le premier volet, on a pu voir quelques premières images du jeu signé Hideo Kojima — la bande-annonce de précommande ci-dessous est en ligne depuis le 9 mars. De quoi attiser notre curiosité, sans rompre le mystère… Que sait-on de Death Stranding 2 à ce stade ? On récapitule. De quoi parle Death Stranding?
The new Death Stranding 2 trailer is here, and one character looks awfully familiar

1 month ago | gq-magazine.co.uk | Scott Meslow

We’re just a few months away from what’s already certain to be one of 2025’s most debated and discussed video games: Death Stranding 2: On the Beach. Arriving nearly six years after its polarising predecessor, what we’ve seen of the new game from industry auteur Hideo Kojima —including the pre-order trailer below, which rolled out on March 9 — presents tantalising questions but few concrete answers. So, what do we know about Death Stranding 2? Read on:Let’s start with the basics.
Hideo Kojima Dropped a 10-Minute Trailer for ‘Death Stranding 2’, and One Character Looks Awfully Familiar

1 month ago | gq.com | Scott Meslow

We’re just a few months away from what’s already certain to be one of 2025’s most debated and discussed video games: Death Stranding 2: On the Beach. Arriving nearly six years after its polarizing predecessor, what we’ve seen of the new game from industry auteur Hideo Kojima—including the pre-order trailer below, which rolled out on March 9—presents tantalizing questions but few concrete answers. So: What do we know about Death Stranding 2? Read on:Let’s start with the basics.
The New Death Stranding 2 Trailer Is Here, and One Character Looks Awfully Familiar

1 month ago | flipboard.com | Scott Meslow

Hideo Kojima says he'll "apologize beforehand" for Death Stranding 2 moments with Troy Baker's Higgs which are "so ridiculous" that "you'll probably throw the controller"Hideo Kojima's games have always been known for their willingness to delve into the utterly bizarre, and that's never been more true than it is in …
Can ‘Sirens of the Deep’ Save Netflix’s ‘The Witcher’?

2 months ago | vulture.com | Scott Meslow

Sirens of the Deep is the most confident and enjoyable Witcher story on Netflix in years, but it’s not exactly a new course the franchise can continue to chart. It was just a few years ago that it felt like Netflix couldn’t possibly churn out enough Witcher content to meet demand.
Making a Scene

2 months ago | college.columbia.edu | Scott Meslow

In the spring of 2013, The Hollywood Reporter ran a guest column with the headline “My Life as a Screenwriter You’ve Never Heard Of.” Its author, Justin Marks ’02, offered a revealing glimpse into the life of a workaday writer in the Hollywood trenches.
傳奇導演「大衛林區」David Lynch 逝世享年 78 歲，無法超越的迷幻先驅

Jan 16, 2025 | gq.com.tw | Scott Meslow

電影製片人、導演兼藝術家大衛林區（David Lynch）於 2025 年 1 月 16 日逝世，享年 78 歲。失去這位傳奇對藝術界來說無疑是一大悲訊。大衛林區於 1946 年出生於蒙大拿州米蘇拉市，最初以學生和畫家的身份開始了他對藝術的畢生追求。他在 1977 年憑藉超現實主義、黑白電影《橡皮頭》聲名鵲起，而這部電影也成為了午夜電影無限放映的主打片。1980 年，由他執導的傳記片《象人》獲得 8 項奧斯卡提名，他甚至接獲機會執導《星際大戰》續集《絕地大反攻》，最終簽約執導改編自弗蘭克赫伯特的科幻暢銷小說《沙丘》的首部作品。然而，林區對於好萊塢電影製作逐漸感到沮喪無力，在《沙丘》電影版的控制權也被騙方奪去後，如此挫敗的經歷也讓他因此遠離了大型商業片，轉而投入一些更能夠定義他職涯方向的項目，像是描繪郊區恐懼的《藍絲絨》、黯黑好萊塢寓言的《穆荷蘭大道》，以及他與馬克弗羅斯（Mark Frost）共同創作的革命性影集《雙峰》。一路走來，他自成了一個形容詞。大衛福斯特華萊士（David Foster Wallace）曾寫道：「Lynchian...