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Personal stories that celebrate gaming culture.

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It's Time for a New Matrix Video Game

The technology — and techniques — now exist to make it truly possible

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Sea of Thieves: Friendship, Folly, and Freedom

“Playing to win is a loss. Losing for fun is a win.”

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With Halo Infinite, Smart Has Become the New Spectacular

Doing Halo better than ever before

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An Ode to Heroes of Might and Magic III

The classics never truly leave us

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The Unsinkable Team Fortress 2

Valve’s team-based FPS has outlasted a lot of competitors — but what comes next?

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Humanizing Sephiroth

How the FFVII Remake can continue to flesh out the infamous one-winged angel with one scene

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Masochism in the Bayou

Hunt: Showdown almost paralyses me with fear, but I can’t get enough

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How Playing Picross Has Forced Me To Re-Examine My Manuscript

The addictive nonogram puzzler is a bountiful insight for writing a novel

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Yakuza 0 Has Two Brilliant Fight Songs

Although reserved to side content, these fight songs give you more than just an adrenaline rush

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How Unions Could Heal a Sick Gaming Industry

Game development is a labor rights issue

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

Why world-building and narrative supersede inconsistency in the message

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Dragon’s Dogma Deserves More Attention

Creative approaches to the RPG genre make this game worth playing

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Revisiting Crimson Shroud, a Forgotten Cousin of Ivalice

Part visual novel, part tabletop RPG, all Yasumi Matsuno

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Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors: An Equation of the Unknown Self

How this escape room visual novel remains unparalleled in character and story

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Golden Sun is the Best RPG You’ve Never Played

This handheld masterpiece deserves to stand tall beside its role-playing brethren

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The Architecture of the End

Living in Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne’s beautiful hellscape

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The Inviting Brutality of Mega Man

Gleaning joy from intense difficulty

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What's New in Far Cry 6?

Following the Far Cry 6 gameplay reveal event we’ve got a lot of new information about the newest entry in the series

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Days Gone Deserves a Second Chance

In light of the rejection of a Days Gone 2 pitch within Sony, fans have taken up arms to fight for the sequel to a hidden gem

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My Unstoppable Love for Sonic the Hedgehog

Despite a bumpy road, the Blue Blur is as fast as ever

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Revisiting The Last Guardian

Does this flawed, beautiful masterpiece hold up five years later?

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Final Fantasy XIV and the Video Game Constant

The comfort game that is always there

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P.T.’s Haunted Soul Lives in Resident Evil Village

Beneviento’s Dollhouse is memorable and terrifying

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Breath of Fire IV is the Apex of Original PlayStation RPGs

This underrated gem remains impressive, years later

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Hood: Outlaws and Legends is the Next Big Heist Game

Exploring what gamers can expect when English folklore meets heist gameplay