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“Dead Space” Review

author image by Jon Yelenic | Reviews | 0 Comments | 09 Feb 2023

Dead Space seems to be a light at the end of a tunnel for a historically troubled series.

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“The Last of Us, Episode 4: Please Hold To My Hand” Review

author image by Danreb Victorio | Reviews | 0 Comments | 05 Feb 2023

After last week’s gem of an episode that stands alone as a first class example of what this medium is capable of, viewers were essentially owed more Joel and Ellie, and that’s exactly what we got in episode 4. The…

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“The Last of Us, Episode 3: Long Long Time” Review

author image by Danreb Victorio | Reviews | 0 Comments | 29 Jan 2023

The second episode of HBO’s “The Last of Us” garnered 5.7 million viewers, and a couple days ago the network announced that the series was renewed for a second season–something to cheer Naughty Dog for, especially going into what was…

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“The Last of Us, Episode 2: Infected” Review

author image by Danreb Victorio | Reviews | 0 Comments | 22 Jan 2023

Directed by Neil Druckmann himself, “Infected” might be a polarizing episode as it fundamentally changes some of the rules we thought existed in Naughty Dog’s beautiful but damaged world

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“The Last of Us – Episode 1” Review

author image by Danreb Victorio | Reviews | 0 Comments | 16 Jan 2023

It’s pleasing to see the pilot of “The Last of Us” hit where it should, and seeing what happens next even though a lot of us know what’s going to happen should really be a treat.

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“Atari 50: The Anniversary Celebration” Review

author image by Filippo Dinolfo | Nintendo Switch PC PlayStation 4 PlayStation 5 Retro Reviews Steam Xbox One Xbox Series X | 0 Comments | 12 Jan 2023

To people of a certain age, Atari will evoke fond memories of hours spent in front of the TV, enjoying fast, fun, and engaging games. For those people born in the 90s or 00s, though, Atari is barely even talked…

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Dragon Sector (Remake) Personal Spotlight

author image by Filippo Dinolfo | Features Retro | 0 Comments | 03 Jan 2023

Over the past two pandemic-laden years, I’ve been away from SmashPad. I’ve had a few reasons for this. The most notable was that I was just feeling burned out. I’d taken up a lot of responsibilities here, and they’d just…

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SmashPad’s Top 10 Games of 2022

author image by SmashPad Staff | Best of 2022 Features | 0 Comments | 01 Jan 2023

It’s time to reveal the Top 10 game we most enjoyed in 2022.

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Danreb’s Top 10 Games of 2022

author image by Danreb Victorio | Best of 2022 Features | 0 Comments | 31 Dec 2022

It’s really been a weird year. I know we’ve been overusing that word as of late, but it really has been a weird year. In the real world, the pandemic seems to be subsiding, but companies still have no idea…

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Chris’ Top 10 Games of 2022

author image by Chris Selogy | Features | 0 Comments | 31 Dec 2022

2022 was a hell of a year for smaller games that kept me going between big releases.

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“Marvel Snap” Review

author image by Danreb Victorio | Mobile PC Previews | 0 Comments | 22 Dec 2022

I don’t care for card games, but Marvel Snap has just been every bit as enjoyable as it has been addicting.

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