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Balan Wonderworld, a new game from former Sonic Team leaders Yuji Naka and Naoto Ohshima and published by Square Enix, hasn’t been getting very good critical reception. For my part, I played the demo and bounced off of it, but…
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Writing in year 2 of a pandemic is hard, actually
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FANTASIAN is Apple Arcade’s killer app, a tentpole JRPG made by a small studio with bespoke physical dioramas for levels, a great mobile traversal system, and quick turn-based battles that don’t feel like grinds.
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While it might be too reliant on its Source engine influences like ‘Half-Life 2’ and ‘Portal,’ ‘The Bradwell Conspiracy’ is mostly satisfying and worth a playthrough.
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Gamers have always been “trouble,” writes Amanda Phillips, and they are here to make trouble for gamers.
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Alba: A Wildlife Adventure is the second Apple Arcade game by ustwo games, following 2020’s much smaller and more constrained Assemble With Care. It puts you in the shoes of Alba, a 11- or 12-year-old girl who is visiting her…
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The CrisTales demo is available to play now on Nintendo Switch and Steam.
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In response to a response to my response to Ed Smith’s article, “IT DOESN’T MATTER WHEN YOU KILL ALL THE CIVILIANS,” at Restless Dreams
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COMING SOON: A serial close reading of Gamer Trouble: Feminist Confrontations in Digital Culture, by Asst. Prof. Amanda Phillips
No Escape
Digital Culture and its Discontents