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Adam Meadows
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Adam Meadows

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Metal Gear Acid: The Legacy of Shinta Nojiri’s Card-Based Battler

Metal Gear Acid: The Legacy of Shinta Nojiri’s Card-Based Battler

Exploring what makes the card game based on Metal Gear Solid fascinating

We’re All Living in the Future of Phantasy Star Online

We’re All Living in the Future of Phantasy Star Online

Where we're going, we don't need roads

Metal Gear Solid 2: The Original Next-Generation Video Game

Metal Gear Solid 2: The Original Next-Generation Video Game

Looking back at Kojima’s enigmatic second “Solid” entry

The Untold Tragedies of Classic Resident Evil

The Untold Tragedies of Classic Resident Evil

Its true horror lies at the edge of our imagination, beyond zombies and monsters

The Walls of Control

The Walls of Control

The walls of The Oldest House are a veritable pressure cooker, a place of almost unbearable unknowns

Micro-Transactions, the Death of Social Storytelling in Games

Micro-Transactions, the Death of Social Storytelling in Games

What are the real costs of lootboxes and microtransactions?

With Halo Infinite, Smart Has Become the New Spectacular

With Halo Infinite, Smart Has Become the New Spectacular

Doing Halo better than ever before

The Bold and the Braveus: A Look Back at Final Fantasy’s Teenage Years

The Bold and the Braveus: A Look Back at Final Fantasy’s Teenage Years

The famous franchise had its share of growing pains

When Mass Effect Neutered the Reapers, and We Didn’t Care

When Mass Effect Neutered the Reapers, and We Didn’t Care

Why world-building and narrative supersede inconsistency in the message

The Fiction of the Video Game Power Fantasy

The Fiction of the Video Game Power Fantasy

The pursuit of power in our gaming lives

The Original Video Game Sandbox

The Original Video Game Sandbox

Reflections on a time when play experiences were uninterrupted by ubiquitous, invasive connectivity