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3 days ago

My Favorite GTA V Trailer

Rockstar’s marketing is always on point — With the impending release of the long awaited GTA VI trailer just a few days away, I’ve been watching old examples of Rockstar’s marketing again. Turns out, their work holds up really well. As a fan of the movie Highlander, I’m a total sucker for a good use of Queen…

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My Favorite GTA V Trailer
My Favorite GTA V Trailer
Gaming

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6 days ago

Bethesda Has Egg All Over Their Faces

Galactic Embarrassment — Bethesda is responding to their hardcore PC gaming fans in the worst possible way. Rather than taking the customary high road of continuing to work on their popular game Starfield, their customer service team is instead waging battle by commenting on negative Steam user reviews. The more they comment, the…

Gaming

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Bethesda Has Egg All Over Their Faces
Bethesda Has Egg All Over Their Faces
Gaming

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Nov 22

Risk of Rain Returns is Remarkable!

A remake of a classic to make it more like its own sequel — When you first look at Risk of Rain Returns, you might think “hey this doesn’t look that much different than the original.” That’s what I foolishly thought when I first laid eyes on the game last week. …

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Risk of Rain Returns is Remarkable!
Risk of Rain Returns is Remarkable!
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Nov 21

Ubisoft’s Big Assassin’s Creed Mistake

The company stupidly fumbled an obvious opportunity — Ubisoft had the keys to a vast successful Pirate RPG Kingdom just sitting in their hands, but threw them away with a series of baffling decisions. Ten years ago, Ubisoft launched the wildly popular and critically celebrated game Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag. It wasn’t actually the fourth game in…

Gaming

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Ubisoft’s Big Assassin’s Creed Mistake
Ubisoft’s Big Assassin’s Creed Mistake
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Nov 19

I Miss Dynasty Warriors, But So What?

Koei tried some fun new experiments this year — Normally, this is the time of year where I would write my “Top X Dynasty Warriors Games of 2023” list (See previous examples: 1, 2). This started out as both a celebration of my love for Koei’s long-running action franchise and its many spin-offs, and also a gentle lampooning of…

Gaming

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I Miss Dynasty Warriors, But So What?
I Miss Dynasty Warriors, But So What?
Gaming

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Nov 16

My Time At Sandrock is Buggy and Unfinished

A mess on consoles, a little better on high end PCs — A few weeks ago, I wrote a cozy game round-up where I looked at some of the most popular current games in the space. The one I was most intrigued by was My Time at Sandrock, the followup to 2019’s My Time at Portia. It blends traditional cozy game tasks…

Gaming

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My Time At Sandrock is Buggy and Unfinished
My Time At Sandrock is Buggy and Unfinished
Gaming

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Nov 14

Air Twister is A Daft Video Game

A brilliant music album wrapped in an awful nostalgia play — While I was busy being a wee baby, now-famous game developer Yu Suzuki was working on Space Harrier. This arcade classic codified the rail shooter genre, and pushed sprite scaling graphics technology to its limit in 1985. …

Gaming

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Air Twister is A Daft Video Game
Air Twister is A Daft Video Game
Gaming

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Nov 8

Assassin’s Creed Mirage is Wonderful

A true gift from the past in more ways than one — This year, Ubisoft actually tried something different with one of their big franchises instead of just another formulaic sequel. Assassin’s Creed helped usher in the modern open world era of tower-unlocking and dozens of map icons before then pivoting to a simplified take on something like The Witcher 3 instead. …

Gaming

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Assassin’s Creed Mirage is Wonderful
Assassin’s Creed Mirage is Wonderful
Gaming

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Nov 6

Horizon: Forbidden West is Still a PS5 Showpiece

It remains a true benchmark nearly two years later — I’ve seen a lot of talk over the last few weeks about how Alan Wake 2 is the “greatest looking game ever made.” …

Gaming

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Horizon: Forbidden West is Still a PS5 Showpiece
Horizon: Forbidden West is Still a PS5 Showpiece
Gaming

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Nov 3

Sony’s PSP Library Deserves Better Treatment

Broken Destiny, Now with Missing Features! — Until this morning, I had totally forgotten about 2009’s Soulcalibur: Broken Destiny. It came back into my personal realm thanks to the magic of the PlayStation Plus Premium classics catalog, a haphazardly updated collection of older games that you can either access through a subscription or a direct purchase. The…

Gaming

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Sony’s PSP Library Deserves Better Treatment
Sony’s PSP Library Deserves Better Treatment
Gaming

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