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The Artful Escape Doesn’t Reach Escape Velocity

I’ve had to sit on my feelings about The Artful Escape for a few weeks, because I was honestly so put off by it right after I finished that I didn’t trust myself not to be overtly critical. I wanna be clear that I don’t think the game is technically – either in the sense […]

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‘Adios’ might have a way with words, but it’s the silence that comes through the strongest

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.