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  • First Look: FANTASIAN

    Apr 2

    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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  • ‘The Bradwell Conspiracy’ is Fun yet Frustrating

    Mar 16

    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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  • Gamer Trouble Book Club #1: O Gamer My Gamer

    Mar 14

    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’ as Propaganda of the Deed

    Mar 14

    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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  • First Impressions: CrisTales (Demo Version)

    Feb 26

    The CrisTales demo is available to play now on Nintendo Switch and Steam.

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  • A Note on “Forced Empathy”

    Feb 25

    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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  • The Return of the No Escape Book Club

    Feb 24

    COMING SOON: A serial close reading of Gamer Trouble: Feminist Confrontations in Digital Culture, by Asst. Prof. Amanda Phillips

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  • On Forced Empathy in the Magic Circle

    Feb 22

    A response to Ed Smith’s latest essay, “ IT DOESN’T MATTER WHEN YOU KILL ALL THE CIVILIANS,” at Restless Dreams

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  • Fuck “Six Days in Fallujah” (UPDATE)

    Feb 15

    Anyway fuck this game, we have moved past the need for this propaganda bullshit, and simply put, if these motherfuckers wanna “make their story heard” they can write a fucking book.

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