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Personal stories that celebrate gaming culture.

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Sid Meier's Pirates! Allowed Gamers to Become Swashbucklers

Hoisting the anchor

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When Tears of the Kingdom is Your First Zelda Game

Beginning with the best

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On Persona 5 Strikers and Building Resilience as a Writer

Life imitates art imitating life

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On Critique and Caring

Exploring the nature of critique

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Tribes Vengeance: The Forgotten FPS

One of the best from a year full of greats

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Shadow the Hedgehog: Is Black the New Blue?

Digging into the history of the anti-Sonic

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Sonic Prime Asks Who Sonic is Without His Friends

Sonic in Netflix-land

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GameCube Collecting is Healing My Inner Child

Exploring the world of retro game collecting in the age of digital loss

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MatPat Leaves Game Theory in New Hands

It's not just a theory

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The Legend of Korra: A Legend Lost to Time

Too soon gone, too late appreciated

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A Deep Dive Into the World of Splatoon

Exploring the fascinating player-influenced world of Splatoon

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Alan Wake and the Author

Examining the journey and the darkness

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Web-Less: Marvel’s Weirdest Single-Player Games Shine in Their Own Way

An ode to the odd

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A New Appraisal of Final Fantasy VII

Final Fantasy VII isn't done showing us why it's so great

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Alan Wake II is Terrifying, but Not in the Way You Think

An unavoidable fear

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Baldur's Gate 3 is Exhausting (and That's Okay)

Baldur's Gate 3 is an engaging and consuming game that responds to you

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How Video Games Have Become a Third Place

Social adaptation in modern times

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Why Does Playing The Sims 4 Make Me Feel Empty Inside?

When a beloved franchise changes drastically, gamers can feel left behind

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A Metal Gear Solid Experience

What it's like to play the MGS games for the first time in 2023

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The Tragedy of Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty

The abyss is a mirror

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Returnal Can’t Handle the Risks of Roguelite Design

Weighing up the risk and reward approach

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Yu-Gi-Oh! Legacy of the Duelist Bridges the Past and Present of the Franchise

The most accessible way to play the trading card game digitally

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I'm Optimistic About Sonic the Hedgehog

And you should be too

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The Limits of eSports

Does competitive design work for the industry?

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Celeste: Anxiety and Synthesis

There's more to the journey than just climbing