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13 new game studios to watch
Video Essay

13 Hot New Game Studios to Watch

Marty Sliva highlights 13 new video game studios to watch, including Haven Studios, Firewalk Studios, Striking Distance, and many more.
By Marty SlivaAugust 24, 2021
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Movies & TV

Why The Suicide Squad Is a Killer Blockbuster – A Video Essay

The Suicide Squad is a killer blockbuster, certainly one of the best of 2021, and it is one of the most refreshing superhero ...
By Darren MooneyAugust 19, 2021
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Video Essay

Sky Is the Successful Follow-Up to Journey No One Is Talking About

Sky: Children of the Light is an excellent and successful game from developer thatgamecompany, the creator of Journey, yet it so rarely gets ...
By Marty SlivaJuly 27, 2021
Over 20 Years Late to Quantic Dream first game Omikron: The Nomad Soul - Behind Schedule
Behind Schedule

Over 20 Years Late to Omikron: The Nomad Soul – Behind Schedule

In this episode of Behind Schedule, Jesse Galena gives his retro review take on Quantic Dream’s Omikron: The Nomad Soul.
By Jesse GalenaJuly 22, 2021
Assassins Creed Infinity Was Inevitable as a live-service Ubisoft game Assassin's Creed Infinity
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Assassin’s Creed Infinity Was Inevitable

Ubisoft has taken us across the world with its Assassin’s Creed adventures, and now the series seems poised to take us, well, everywhere ...
By Marty SlivaJuly 20, 2021
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Features

How Death’s Door and Tunic Aim to Transcend Soulslikes

While we’ve seen plenty of Zelda-likes and Soulslikes over the years, few games have managed to understand the exact elements that makes them ...
By Marty SlivaJuly 6, 2021
Master and Commander - A Forgotten Classic of 2000s Cinema
Video Essay

Master and Commander – A Forgotten Classic of 2000s Cinema

When it was initially released in 2003, Peter Weir‘s Master and Commander: Far Side of the World was eclipsed at the box office by the ...
By Darren MooneyApril 30, 2021
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