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Personal stories that celebrate gaming culture.

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Bayonetta 2 is Pure, Blissful Fun

Sometimes enjoyment truly is the goal

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How to Talk About Video Games

Why Resonant Arc’s analysis on Final Fantasy VIII is a refreshing take on game critique

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How Outriders' Marketing Led to a Successful New IP

The gaming industry is full of misleading marketing that often leads to disappointment, but Outriders went back to basics and it’s working

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Disco Elysium and the Advancement of Video Game Storytelling

Something beautiful is going to happen

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A Witcher's Pain

How Geralt’s journey with chronic pain is helping me with my own

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Final Fantasy X-2, and Recovering After the Fall

The Sphere Hunters’ dystopian romp is much more than just “the girl Final Fantasy”

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Fatum Betula and Games as Atmosphere

The surrealism of the unknown

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Once Again Through the Long Dark Hallway

Demon’s Souls, Dark Souls, and the joys of being lost

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Life With The Legend

The Legend of Zelda is more than a video game series

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NieR and Back Again

Returning to Taro Yoko’s dreamland

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The Fiction of the Video Game Power Fantasy

The pursuit of power in our gaming lives

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In Defense of Emulators

Emulators and ROMs preserve gaming that has been made inaccessible

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PlayStation Needs a New Kevin Butler

As the next-gen battle heats up, Sony must return to the marketing successes of the PS3 era

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The Xenosaga Trilogy Deserves a Remastered Edition

This could be the right time for the overlooked RPG to find an audience

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Hell with a Heart: Storytelling in Hades

A beautifully written story sets Hades above other roguelikes

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What's Your Go-To Game?

That one game you play over and over, no matter how large your backlog is

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I Finally Beat Resident Evil

I am no longer a Jill sandwich

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Jin Sakai, Ramza Beoulve, and Invisible Revolutionaries

“Do you truly believe you can change the world? Not even I am so naïve as that.”

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Pandemic Game Therapy

Games and tabletop adventures that brought comfort during the COVID-19 pandemic

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Does Cyberpunk 2077 Really Have Something to Say?

A deep dive into Cyberpunk 2077’s plot

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Parasite Eve, Holiday Tradition

“Merry Christmas 1997”

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Don’t Make Yourself at Home in Night City

How Cyberpunk 2077’s hostile architecture mirrors reality

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Xenoblade Chronicles X Was the Mech Game I Always Wanted

Incredible mech action in an alien world

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The World Ends With You, and the Pursuit of the Self

“Oh, what a wonderful world such would be…”

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13 Sentinels, and the Blessing of Narrative

When are video games more than games?