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Tag: White Owls

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The Good Life, Sunset Overdrive, & the Challenges of Narrative Self-Awareness

There are some great examples of postmodernist self-awareness in video games. Too often, though, the attempts at cleverness fall short. The self-awareness fails ...
By Damien LawardornNovember 21, 2021
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The Good Life – Zero Punctuation

This week on Zero Punctuation, Yahtzee reviews The Good Life. Want to watch Zero Punctuation ad-free? Sign-up for The Escapist + today and support your ...
By Yahtzee CroshawNovember 10, 2021
Video Games

The Missing: J.J. Macfield and the Island of Memories

This week Yahtzee reviews The Missing: J.J. Macfield and the Island of Memories.
By Yahtzee CroshawNovember 7, 2018
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