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Personal stories that celebrate gaming culture.

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Return to Monkey Island is an Adventure for Old and New Fans

How the famous franchise's return is welcoming in all their fans

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Google Stadia Has Met Its Inevitable Fate

The end that everyone, except Google, saw coming from the beginning

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Kirby’s Dream Buffet Embraces My Competitive Spirit

Next to a game like Fall Guys, Kirby's Dream Buffet puts my success and failure squarely in my hands

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What is "Dark Side Monetization"?

Delving into dark game design patterns

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Naoki Yoshida is Right: Game Design Is Changing

Final Fantasy's latest superstar leader opines on where game design is going

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How I Fell for a Disembodied Head With Snakes for Hair

Hades adorably reimagines a once-terrible ancient Greek monster

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The Everlasting Love of Undertale's Sans the Skeleton

Tumbler's Sexyman - is he just skin and bones?

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Spiritfarer: I Haven't Learned to Say Goodbye

A game that is a tender exploration of death and dying

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Sisters in Mystery: An Ode to the Nancy Drew PC Games

Classic games like the Nancy Drew series are nostalgia fuel from gamers' pasts.

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Dissecting the Important Social Messaging in Donkey Kong Country 3

The classic SNES title is littered with calls for environmental change

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The Last of Us: How Feasible is its Cordyceps Infection?

If the Cordyceps infection reached humans, what would the results be?

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Why Sony Probably Won't Buy Square Enix

Despite the speculation, Square Enix is likely to remain in the friend zone

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MultiVersus is My New Favorite Platform Fighter

I've only owned two, but it's definitely the best

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What Gamers Need To Know About Their Health

Nothing is more important than your health and wellbeing

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Are We Blowing Overwatch 2 Out of Proportion?

Is the negative fan reaction out of line with the game's pre-release reality?

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Ten Games to Scratch the Young Adult Novel Itch

Stories bad enough to satisfy your inner 8th-grader

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On Loss, Grief, and Cyberpunk 2077

Rest in power, choom

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The End of Overwatch: The Last Days of the Original

The end is nigh for the original Overwatch as the sequel draws closer

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Why Jackson Galaxy Playing Stray Is So Much Fun

When the Cat Daddy plays the cat game

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Detroit: Become Human is Both Brilliant and Just Shy of It

Could the vaunted game have achieved more?

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Sonic Omens: A Hypocritical Ambition

An ambitious game with too many flops

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Superintelligence, Black Seas of Infinity, and Mass Effect

Mass Effect almost nailed the most terrifying kind of villain imaginable

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How I Went From Dismissing Indie Games to Loving Them

The story of goofy graphics, clunky controls, and a newfound love for passion projects

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Men Without Women — Feminism and Trauma in LISA: The Painful, Part 4

Contrasting the male "ideal of femininity" against real-world relationships

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Why I Love Dead by Daylight

Showing love but acknowledging the shortfalls