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Thinking of a Place – Sable

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 […]

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Monster Hunter Rise Review

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 […]

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Immortals Fenyx Rising Review

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 […]

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The Best Games of 2020

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. […]