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Saturday, October 13, 2018

The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild -- Better Than Expected, But Still Overrated

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Breath of the Wild took the world by storm last year, with many people proclaiming it to be not only the best game of the year, but also...
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Monday, October 8, 2018

Board Game Review: The Island of El Dorado

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The Island of El Dorado (by Daniel Aronson) is a tile-laying exploration board game for 2-4 players (60-90 minutes) in which playe...
Friday, September 14, 2018

Prey's "Mooncrash" DLC Perfects the Immersive-Sim Gameplay Formula of the Base Game in a Unique Roguelite Mode

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Arkane Studios’ Prey (2017) was a surprise hit for me, mostly because it was such a great experience but also because it seemed to come...
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Friday, July 6, 2018

DreadOut -- An Indie Horror Game That's Actually (Surprisingly) Good

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DreadOut (2014) is an indie horror game in which you play as Linda, a school girl on a field trip that takes a wrong turn and gets her (...
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Sunday, June 3, 2018

Get Even: A Uniquely Fascinating Game With a Generically Uninteresting Name

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Get Even (2017) is a first-person psychological thriller with elements of FPS action, stealth, and puzzle-solving wrapped up in a scienc...
Thursday, May 3, 2018

On Role-Playing Games: How I Define "RPG" and What I Expect From RPGs

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The term "role-playing game" has become somewhat nebulous and unhelpful these days when it comes to categorizing video games,...
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Tuesday, April 10, 2018

Fallout 4: A Case of Simultaneously Being Pretty Good and also Sucking Hard

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It's no secret that I harbor a great deal of contempt for Bethesda Softworks. Every game of theirs that I've played ( Daggerfa...
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