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Andrei Pechalin
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    Valve Half-Life: Alyx VR game should receive greater discussion as game of the year contender, important video game and first-person shooter FPS
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    Half-Life: Alyx Is Not Receiving the Mainstream Recognition It Deserves

    Half-Life: Alyx, Valve’s surprise VR return to the series that established the company, has picked up a number of “Best in VR” awards ...
    By Andrei Pechalin5 days ago
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    Pathologic 2 Is a Fascinating Experiment in Method Role-Playing

    Pathologic 2 didn’t get a lot of attention when it released last year. There were good reasons for that: It is a follow-up ...
    By Andrei PechalinNovember 4, 2020
    Larian Studios mind-eating parasite Mind Flayers illithids affect story, dialogue, quests in Baldur's Gate 3
    Opinion

    Baldur’s Gate 3’s Mind-Eating Parasite Informs All of Act 1, for Better and for Worse

    It’s hard to imagine a more dramatic opening for Larian Studios’ Baldur’s Gate 3: You are imprisoned aboard an airship piloted by Mind ...
    By Andrei PechalinOctober 22, 2020
    New Weird Thief: The Dark Project pioneered New Weird literary genre at Looking Glass Studios with its dark themes and dissonant narrative elements
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    How Thief Helped Pioneer the New Weird Genre

    Everyone agrees that Thief: The Dark Project was important. It helped to establish stealth games and immersive sims, demonstrated new ways to integrate ...
    By Andrei PechalinOctober 15, 2020
    Crusader Kings III complexity Paradox Interactive Crusader Kings 3 gameplay operationalization
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    A Weekend with Crusader Kings III, or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Complexity

    About five years ago my friend tried to get me into Crusader Kings II, Paradox Interactive’s famously complex medieval history generator, by telling ...
    By Andrei PechalinSeptember 17, 2020
    Opinion

    The Spice Must Flow: The Rise and Fall of Dune Games

    I remember playing Dune II on my Sega Genesis around 1995. The game was too complex for a controller, I was seven, and ...
    By Andrei PechalinSeptember 16, 2020
    Wasteland 3 review PC inXile Entertainment Deep Silver the best RPG since Fallout: New Vegas
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    Wasteland 3 Review: A Shakespearean Narrative in a Lifeless World

    The niche InXile Entertainment has carved out for Wasteland 3 makes a lot of sense. While Bethesda’s first-person Fallout 3 (2008) popularized the ...
    By Andrei PechalinSeptember 10, 2020
    why Deus Ex: Human Revolution will be forgotten: Eidos Montreal, Ion Storm Austin redo
    Opinion

    Why Deus Ex: Human Revolution Is Being Forgotten

    The original Deus Ex, released in 2000, quickly cemented a lasting reputation for its level design, plot, and complex systems that encouraged player ...
    By Andrei PechalinAugust 18, 2020

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