Of the many things mass media has apparently taught us about humanity, one major thing is that Earth is never enough. Eventually, we want more than just the other — or we may need something else. Either way, to space…
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21 May 2015
Without spoiling anything, it felt like Episode 2 of Life is Strange either ended with you falling into a bottomless pit, or you simply hitting rock bottom. Episode 3 marks the beginning of the ascension from that fall, only to…
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I have to be honest here. I wasn’t a fan of Mortal Kombat 9. I didn’t care for how stilted the fighting system felt, I didn’t much care for the way most of the characters played, and I also didn’t…
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Xenoblade Chronicles first came stateside in 2012 to the delight of many gamers, especially the ones in support of Operation Rainfall, a fan campaign dedicated to bringing niche titles such as the aforementioned title to the United States. Of course, there…
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This week, Filippo, Brandon, and Patrick are joined by Leigh Lamb. We talk about Mortal Kombat, toxicity in online gaming, and whether you should be able to keep old games alive. All that, despite Skype hating us.
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The mixed bowl of franchise soup that is Fabula Nova Crystallis started out convoluted and only got more so as time passed. The initial game, Final Fantasy XIII, went on to become a trilogy in its own right, while Final…
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“If you presume to speak of my dragons, choose your next words wisely.” — Daenerys Targaryen These words close out the third episode to TellTale’s Game of Thrones game. The Sword in the Darkness picks up where The Lost Lords…
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Side scrolling action/exploration games, or Metroidvania-style games, are very popular with a certain subset of gamers. Maybe it’s the non-linearity of the gameplay, or the wildly differing styles these games can have, but people really seem to love them. By…
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The first episode of Life is Strange gave its audience a brief look at the students in the halls of Blackwell Academy, a private art school tucked in the small town of Arcadia Bay, Oregon. As with all elite schools in seemingly…
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When you look at console gaming these days, you see two very different styles of game occupying the same digital shelf space. There are the multimillion dollar productions that need to do multimillion numbers in sales to break even, and…
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Ori and the Blind Forest is a visual masterpiece, but don’t let its lush visuals fool you. It’s quite an action-packed Metroidvania-style adventure that can be unforgiving if you go too easy on it.
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It’s been three years since the release of Mario Party 9, and while that game came with fresh gameplay concepts, it didn’t exactly translate to the same fun that previous games in the series had. Unfortunately, the latest entry in the…
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