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Every part of Sable tells a story. Its characters, its locales, its music, its art direction. There’s nothing in this game that is separate from its narrative. I first saw gameplay of Sable years ago and was immediately captivated by its Mœbius inspired art direction. Developers Shedworks kept relatively quiet in the years leading up […]
All Monster. No Hunter. I like Monster Hunter. I’m not the most diehard fan of the series like so many people who have played the almost dozen iterations of the title. But I have played a handful of games in the series and enjoyed all of them to various extents. I started with the Freedom […]
The Template Strikes Back When “The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild” launched in 2017, it was a refreshing take on the open-world action genre of video games that was so popular during the eighth generation of consoles. Many of the single-player titles released sought to emulate the success of “Grand Theft Auto,” “The […]
Virtual Reprieve During the Most Cursed Year I don’t really need to explain what I mean with that subheading: 2020 has sucked. Life in a dystopia was already bad enough for most working class people, but the combination of a recession exacerbated by a global pandemic sets this year apart from others in recent memory. […]
Are Video Games Art? Are video games art? It’s a debate that has persisted since video games first evolved beyond their infantile beginnings. Hell, we still haven’t even agreed on what makes art… art. It means many things to different people, and this only inflames the discussion surrounding the validity of video games as artistic […]
I played Silent Hill 2 when I was a wee lad and it was a pretty frightening experience since it had an oppressive atmosphere and spooky oggaboogas. Knowing that a dedicated team of fans was working on the Enhanced Edition that fixes a lot of the issues with the PC version and makes it run […]
Resident Evil 2 was one of the best games of 2019. It was an engrossing remake of the survival horror classic that managed to not only modernize the Playstation 1 classic, but also brought all of its idiosyncrasies without altering them in a way that changed its oppressive tension. It featured an intricately layered hub-area […]
Many people have lamented on how they feel 2019 was a down year for videogames, repeating the sentiment of 2018. I do feel that the last couple of years have lived in the shadow of 2017 and that may not be fair to the releases that fall in its wake. Videogames are important to me […]
DIIV is a band that has always teetered on the precipice of indie darling status. Their 2012 debut, Oshin, was pivotal in establishing label Captured Tracks, facilitated the development of its artists such as Mac DeMarco, Beach Fossils, and Craft Spells, as well an incoming wave of new Dream Pop bands. It was an opulent album […]
Geese sure are some of the biggest dicks in the animal kingdom, aren’t they? Wasps, cats, hippos, badgers, and… geese. I’m sure there’s a perfectly reasonable scientific explanation for why something as seemingly innocuous as a goose could just be a total asshole, bent on ruining some unsuspecting human’s day. Even if you haven’t personally […]
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