Patrick Sounds Off: Concerning Developments at Square Enix
by Patrick MifflinThat video where I talk about Yosuke Matsuda without making a single NFT joke. Because the broader implications of his departure from Square Enix aren’t funny.
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“Luigi’s Mansion 2 HD” Review
“The Last of Us, Episode 7: Left Behind”
by Danreb VictorioHBO absolutely delivers in what’s perhaps the most anticipated episode of “The Last of Us” yet.
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“The Last of Us, Episode 6: Kin” Review
Now a little more past the halfway point, “The Last of Us” viewers have seen more than their fair share of loss, and despite the show’s slow-building style, it’s always been relatively quick. Episode 6 treads the waters on what…
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Patrick Sounds Off: Nintendo’s (Long) Road to Next-Gen
I deal in realism, not hype. There’s a lot of buzz about a Nintendo Switch successor at the moment, but not a lot of reasonable expectations surrounding it. I guess that’s where I come in.
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Patrick Sounds Off: Postmortem
Now that we know $70 is a thing for the Nintendo Switch moving forward, it’s time to examine some of the real likely causes and implications.
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“The Last of Us, Episode 5: Endure and Survive” Review
It’s time for the Sam and Henry episode.
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Patrick Sounds Off: The Lengths We Go
Back to system launch commentaries. Wasn’t planning to take part in this one, but Nintendo was insistent and knew exactly how to bring me around.
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Cook Serve Forever & The Last Starship – SmashPad Demo Fest
by Chris SelogyWe check out some of the demos in the Steam Next Fest event. Cook Serve Forever by Vertigo Gaming Cook Serve Forever is the fourth title in the Cook, Serve, Delicious! series that takes place in a future city as…
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“Dead Space” Review
by Jon YelenicDead Space seems to be a light at the end of a tunnel for a historically troubled series.
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Patrick Sounds Off: Virtua Renaissance
I love that a new Virtua Fighter looks inevitable with Virtua Fighter 5: Ultimate Showdown headlining EVO Japan 2023, but upwards of a decade is a long wait for a new game in any series, and I can’t help wondering…
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Patrick Sounds Off: The Smokeless Fire of E3 2023
The news that E3 is back this year, but that the big three aren’t participating, is being spun every which way by news outlets and content creators. Either it’s treated as a declaration of E3’s irrelevance or a sign that…
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“The Last of Us, Episode 4: Please Hold To My Hand” Review
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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