If you answered, “Find a low-key, contemplative detective game I missed when it came out back in 2024, and spend one whole night playing the hell out of it,” you’re clearly on this column’s wavelength ...

The Antidote is set in a Dust Bowl-era Nebraska town called "Uz," but it also reaches back to the earlier pioneer era Russell evoked in her short story masterpiece, "Proving Up," which was made ...