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Genesis Noir (Feral Cat Den, 2021 – Xbox Series S) reframes the Big Bang – and subsequently, the human creation myth – as a jazz-infused noir mystery tale. This framing mostly works, aside from a moment of jarring tone shift…
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The most striking thing about Mischief’s Adios (Xbox, 2021) isn’t the existentialist drama by way of shooting the shit about farming, the Vietnam War or “utility coupes.” It’s the silence of your last rites.
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The corporate overlords at IGN made a decision to override their editorial team, and this will have a chilling effect on media to do their jobs effectively.
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In solidarity with the IGN Editorial Staff (and in the spirit of wishing to provide a resource for people to lend mutual aid to Palestine), I am mirroring their original statement, which you can find in this post.
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It’s been almost three weeks since I posted my most recent review on Disco Elysium, and just two weeks since we posted Braden Timss’ review of A Play of Bodies. Since then No Escape has been silent. Does that mean…
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A Play of Bodies: How We Perceive Videogames by Brendan Keogh MIT Press April 2018 9780262037631
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Disco Elysium presents a complicated story about a cop on the precipice of redemption and ruin. What does it have to say about policing in general?
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Disco Elysium is complex enough, narratively speaking, that no two playthroughs of the game are exactly alike. A great deal of the decisions and possible narrative paths are decided by dice rolls and skill checks, to the point where it’s…
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Fantasian is good, but has some issues. Is it worth playing, especially if you don’t already have Apple Arcade?
No Escape
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