Category: Play
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The No Escape review of the Jimquisition review of Dragon’s Dogma 2
This is a response to a review of a video game. It is not beef.
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Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth and the Art of Letting Go and Moving On
Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth is ambitious, emotionally-charged and deeply humanistic. It’s no surprise that it’s the perfect sendoff for Kazuma Kiryu, and a great reintroduction for Ichiban Kasuga.
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I can think of no better way to celebrate Akira Toriyama’s life and works right now than to play Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth
Akira Toriyama passed away earlier this month at the age of 68. The creator of Dragon Ball and an artist behind games like Chrono Trigger, the Dragon Quest series and Blue Dragon left behind truly one of the most consequential legacies in entertainment anywhere in the world, and we’re all poorer for his absence. My…
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The thing they say they’re mad at never actually matters
Ten years ago, a bunch of bigoted fascist assholes used false pretenses to terrorize women, queer people and people of color in the video game industry, in games media, and even in academic games studies. These false pretenses – proven false at the time and repeatedly many times over in the years since – do…
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Revenge and Faith in The Last of Us Part II
This article is a spiritual sequel to “Can You Pet The Dog?” over at Deep-Hell. As Deep-Hell did, we want to take this opportunity to remind you that we are able to bring contributors on through the generosity of readers like you. How much faith do you put in one person? It’s the first question…
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El Paso, Elsewhere and Inverting the Monster as Metaphor
Roughly halfway through El Paso, Elsewhere you meet Draculae for the first time.
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On the Trolley Problem of Playing Destiny 2
The final season of Destiny 2, “Season of the Wish,” released today. As is usually the case with seasonal updates, Season of the Wish comes with new gameplay modes, new gear and weapons, a new seasonal artifact to level up, new challenges to cross off your list, and new narrative content to sink your teeth…
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It Hasn’t Been A “Good Year” for Games
UPDATE: A friend sent me a link to this website which has been keeping an even more granular account of games layoffs and studio closures. By this site’s count, there have been roughly 107 different layoffs and closures this year, with over 6,000 people fired in the past ten months. So, you know. It’s fun…