It’s no secret that, thanks to franchises such as Call of Duty and Battlefield, third- and first-person shooters have taken over the industry through sleepless nights in dorm rooms and households all over the world through Xbox and PlayStation consoles….
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There is a particular episode in the history of video games I am quite fond of. When visiting the country of Poland, its Prime Minister Donald Tusk gave President Barack Obama a copy of The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings—…
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Rule and expand the nation as you manage family bloodlines all while fighting a war. Sound like your kind of game? Massive Chalice, which recently released for free on Xbox One as a part of Games with Gold for the month of…
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by Alex Quevedo
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28 May 2015
Just as HBO is reaching its home stretch of episodes, Telltale Games is reaching its slower version of a home stretch with the fourth episode of Game of Thrones in Sons of Winter. We’ve seen good development so far, but what…
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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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by Danreb Victorio
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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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