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Personal stories that celebrate gaming culture.

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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?

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Paratopic: An Exploration of Sensory Horror

A nightmare straight out of 1998

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Coming Together with Kind Words

A lo-fi window into the prevailing kindness of humans

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The Original Video Game Sandbox

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

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Playing the Games We Love is the Best Way to Save Them

Video game preservation is about more than archiving code

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Holidaying in the Wasteland

Bethesda’s “wide as an ocean, deep as a puddle” experiences are exactly what I need right now

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Bring on the Dreamcast Mini

It’s time to revive SEGA’s groundbreaking home console

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How Super Mario Changed My Life: Part Two

Knocking on Nintendo’s door

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The Catharsis of Failure

How trying again and again in Hades made me feel accomplished

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How Super Mario Changed My Life: Part One

A childhood saviour who brought a family together

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Final Fantasy XIV Changed My Life

A titanic example of how a video game can imbue a sense of genuine belonging in a tumultuous world

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The Mysterious Allure of Stardew Valley

Why is an indie game from 2016 still rocking the top of the charts in 2020?

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SOMA: An Existential Horror Masterpiece

How far will we go to save ourselves from extinction?