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VIDEO: Check Out This Bow-Wielding Boss in Hyper Light Drifter

Hyper Light Drifter loves its secrets, and so will you.

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Sky: Children of the Light wants you to atone for your sins

An interesting, beautiful, if not crucial game, Sky: Children of the Light wants you to make a pilgrimage to restore what was broken – but in the process it breaks what made its predecessors special.

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What is Bonus Stage?

Bonus Stage, the website formerly known as Brash Games.

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If Half-Life 3 ever arrives, you will find yourself underwhelmed

You don’t want this, I promise

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Should Developers Unionize?

Yes, of course, duh. With a new section on video game writers and other journalists unionizing. Shoutouts to @IWWFJU for being rad as hell.

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VIDEO: Hyper Light Drifter for iOS Gameplay

Here’s about 15 minutes of gameplay from the recently-released port of Hyper Light Drifter. Enjoy!

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Final Fantasy: Boys Diary, Part One

Part game guide and travelogue, part exploration of good game design, and part fanfiction, this article series sets out to showcase the best of what Final Fantasy XV, my favorite Final Fantasy game, has to offer. New posts will come out every Friday.

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First Impressions: Hyper Light Drifter

Hyper Light Drifter for iOS has launched, and it’s a good mobile port so far.

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New Overwatch Hero Disrespects People With Mental Illnesses

Mental health issues have regularly been stigmatized in public, both in popular media and in public discourse. The result of this stigmatization is clear: people don’t seek appropriate treatment for their issues, their friends and family often mishandle them based on misconceptions or downright falsehoods, and as a result, their quality of life is substantially lowered.

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Rockstar Games Adds a Casino to GTA Online

It might seem like a casino where you can spend your actual, finite paycheck would be a no-brainer in a game where you can kill literally anyone you see, but it complicates an already quite complicated conversation regarding developer and publisher business practices.