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Playing Journey with a Stranger in 2020 Was the Gaming Experience I Needed
This article contains major spoilers for Journey. I had a plan for all of this. It was simple, but meaningful. Thatgamecompany’s monumental 2012 ...
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Persona 5 Royal’s Quiet Nights Help Create RPG Magic
Despite being a 100+-hour adventure filled with tough choices that ultimately impact the fate of all mankind, Persona 5 Royal doesn’t want you ...
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Supergiant’s Pyre Is Built Around the Strongest Game Mechanic of All: Choice
This article contains spoilers for Pyre from Supergiant Games. The main thing that differentiates video games from all other mediums is a sense ...
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Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater, Pizza Hut, and the Greatest Video Game Demo Ever
Pizza Hut is partially responsible for one of my favorite video game memories of all time. In the summer of 1999, the restaurant ...
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What Remains of Edith Finch Is One of Gaming’s Most Beautiful Tragedies
This article contains major spoilers for What Remains of Edith Finch. “The house was exactly like the way I remembered it. The way ...
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Red Dead Redemption 2’s Campfire Parties Push the Medium Forward
Over the decades, Rockstar Games has become synonymous with iconic video game moments. From something as authored as a character turning on you ...
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Half-Life 2 Teaches You Everything You Need to Know with 4 Iconic Words
Tutorials are a tricky thing in video games. So often their existence is necessary in order to teach the player the rules, mechanics, ...
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Doom 2016’s Opening Is Bloody and Brutal Perfection
If you’ve ever wondered how a game whose opening narration contains the verbs “RIP AND TEAR” might kick off, you’ll be happy to ...
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Metal Gear Solid 3’s The End Battle Was Generations Ahead of Its Time
This article contains spoilers for Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater. To be perfectly honest, I could have easily filled this entire column, ...
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Halo 2’s Arbiter Twist Showed the Space Opera’s War Wasn’t Just Black and White
There are certain video game moments whose power and impact stem from experiencing them at that very specific instant. Context is key, and ...
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Forsaken Cainhurst Castle Is Bloodborne’s Most Unforgettable Nightmare
This article contains spoilers for Bloodborne and especially Cainhurst Castle. The night of the hunt has been long and without respite. We’ve spent ...
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God of War Became 2018’s Game of the Year with a Single Moment
This article contains major spoilers for God of War (2018). “I must return home and dig up a past I swore would remain ...