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Joonatan Itkonen

Joonatan is an award-winning autistic freelance writer from Helsinki, Finland. He specializes in pop culture analysis from a neurodivergent point of view.

Turtle Beach Stealth 500 - The midrange quality king

★★★★ | Hitting the beach

By Joonatan Itkonen

/ 23 Oct 2024

Product art for Turtle Beach Stealth 500 with the headset resting against an Xbox Series X console

Super Mario Party Jamboree is the best Mario Party yet

★★★★★ | Family fun

By Joonatan Itkonen

/ 22 Oct 2024

Super Mario Party Jamboree is the best Mario Party yet

The Darkness is solid, if unsurprising Nordic Noir

★★★ | Screaming into the void

By Joonatan Itkonen

/ 21 Oct 2024

Lena Olin projected above a desolate landscape in the poster for The Darkness

LFF 24: Ellis Park

★★★★★ | Heartbreaking beauty

By Joonatan Itkonen

/ 18 Oct 2024

Warren Ellis plays the violin in Burma in the documentary Ellis Park

Interview: Lena Olin vs. The Darkness

I spoke with the great Lena Olin about her work on the upcoming series The Darkness.

By Joonatan Itkonen

/ 18 Oct 2024

Lena Olin projected above a desolate landscape in the poster for The Darkness

Citadelum is a great throwback city builder

★★★★ | Render unto Ceasar

By Joonatan Itkonen

/ 17 Oct 2024

Key art for the game Citadelum featuring an ancient Roman city seen from above.

Kill Knight is a frenetic game for a very particular audience

★★★ | Hell is for heroes

By Joonatan Itkonen

/ 13 Oct 2024

Key art for the game Kill Knight featuring a demonic knight with a sword and gun.

Four things that made me fall in love with Indiana Jones and the Great Circle

Gamescom delivers yet again

By Joonatan Itkonen

/ 11 Oct 2024

Key art for the game Indiana Jones and the Great Circle featuring Indiana Jones with a whip fighting Nazis

The Apprentice is a Trumpian Frankenstein

★★★★ | Failing upwards

By Joonatan Itkonen

/ 9 Oct 2024

Jeremy Strong and Sebastian Stan in the film The Apprentice

The Texas Chain Saw Massacre 4k is still scary as hell

★★★★★ | Family diner

By Joonatan Itkonen

/ 7 Oct 2024

Gunnar Hansen as Leatherface in the film The Texas Chain Saw Massacre

HIFF 2024: Review Roundup

The films I saw at the Helsinki International Film Festival 2024

By Joonatan Itkonen

/ 4 Oct 2024

A young man watches TV in the film I Saw the TV Glow

Joker: Folie à deux is one of the worst films of the year

★ | Send in the frowns

By Joonatan Itkonen

/ 3 Oct 2024

Joaquin Phoenix and Lady Gaga kiss in the film Joker: Folie a Deux