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                <title>Blood Dungeon shows that Bullet Heaven can be active</title>
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                <description><![CDATA[There are few indies out there that command my attention, no questions asked. Messhof won my heart with their 1v1 fencing masterpiece Nidhogg, and since then they have been dropping certified bangers. Flywrench was an absolute joy to control, commanding you to just lock in with the type of precision that is a perfect combo of highly rewarding and insufferably frustrating. Wheel World was a huge departure for the studio, delivering a 3D semi-open world game that fused their sensibilities with the...]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2026 04:19:11 +0000</pubDate>
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                <title>A matter of pace</title>
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                <description><![CDATA[I’ve been playing a lot of well-paced games lately, and as I sit here reviewing internal builds of the game I am working on, pacing has been at the forefront of my criticisms lately. I wanted to chat to Blue about why pacing in games needs to be better. Steve:  This week I rolled credits on The Drifter, a pulpy adventure game modelled after the LucasArts greats with amazing voice acting and an interesting mystery to verb your way through. From the very first hour I was mesmerised by the game, wh...]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Mon, 22 Sep 2025 07:23:00 +0000</pubDate>
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                <title>Dice Gambit Review: Deep Systems and Glittering Style</title>
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                <description><![CDATA[Written by hosomeowa I first reviewed the indie heartthrob Dice Gambit as a potential entry for this summer’s BitSummit, a games festival in lovely, iconic, sweat-dripping-between-your-cheeks Kyoto. Unsurprisingly, _Gambit _earned a spot on the floor. Also unsurprisingly, unless I’m mistaken, the Malmö-based devs preferred _not _to sweat their faces off this year. I did still hover around their station like a lovestruck moth, because I so desperately wanted to snare one of their unfortunate soul...]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Thu, 28 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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                <title>Where is the hype on the eve of the Switch 2?</title>
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                <description><![CDATA[Welcome back to our new “Conversation” series! I sat here on the eve of the Nintendo Switch 2 launch, wondering... where is all the hype? Steve : Here we are, mere days from the arrival of the Nintendo Switch 2, and I can&#039;t help but feel that something is just... missing from this console launch. What should be a momentous moment for those of us plugged into the games machine, feels a little more like the blip of a new iPhone release. Nothing truly revolutionary, only a slight evolution. There a...]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Wed, 04 Jun 2025 08:49:00 +0000</pubDate>
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                <title>How does the Switch 2 fit into the landscape in 2025?</title>
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                <description><![CDATA[Welcome back to our new “Conversation” series! This time Blue and I talk about the reveal of the Nintendo Switch 2 that happened last week, and wonder where it fits in the current landscape of gaming. How will it compare to the revolution that the original Switch ushered in? Do you need to rush out and fight for a pre-order slot on day one? Steve:  After what feels like a lifetime of leaks and fervor around the proposed successor to Nintendo&#039;s handheld phenomenon, this week we finally were grace...]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Tue, 21 Jan 2025 09:51:00 +0000</pubDate>
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                <title>The joy of hidden gems in your backlog</title>
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                <description><![CDATA[If you have been around Pixels for Breakfast for a while now, you know that Blue and I used to host a podcast talking about the week&#039;s gaming news from the perspective of developers. We loved doing that podcast, but work and life is busy, and we wanted to try and capture some of that magic in a written form. Inspired by the great Letter series on Remap Radio, we decided to trial out a written back-and-forth just like we used to do on the podcast. Steve:  This week I got a hankering to play somet...]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Tue, 14 Jan 2025 09:52:00 +0000</pubDate>
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                <title>Thank Goodness You’re Here is a reyt good time</title>
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                <description><![CDATA[Narrative in video games is always chasing after the prestiege television moment. Games like BioShock put us in the right direction, and The Last Of Us delivered a stunning story that was strong enough to be largely unchanged for it&#039;s hit HBO series. Comedy games though? That&#039;s a tough ask. Sure, there are plenty of games that have funny moments, laugh-out-loud moments even. But crafting a genuine comedy game is a tough ask, because controlling the actions of your player to ensure your timing la...]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Sat, 24 Aug 2024 08:54:00 +0000</pubDate>
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                <title>CONSCRIPT is a harrowing look at the cost of war</title>
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                <description><![CDATA[Survival horror is seeing a resurgence of late. In the span of a few years we have seen lauded remakes of the Resident Evil series, games like Signalis brought a strange new twist to a classic gameplay loop, and this year’s Crow Country has delivered spooky exploration nightmare that not only taps heavily into nostalgia for the PlayStation era, but brings some new ideas to the table. It could be easy to say that CONSCRIPT from Catchweight Studio is yet another excellent take on the early days of...]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Mon, 19 Aug 2024 10:59:00 +0000</pubDate>
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                <title>The Best Games of BitSummit 2024</title>
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                <description><![CDATA[Thousands of indie game fans braved the humid Kyoto weather this weekend to attend BitSummit, the premiere indie-focused festival in Japan that is renowned for meshing the most creative and experimental games with the mainstream. This year the festival was much larger, covering two floors of the Miyako Messe convention center, the biggest revelation for me was seeing the Nintendo booth. Instead of peddling the newest Mario Party of Princess Peach showtime, games like Exit 8 were front and center...]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Fri, 26 Jul 2024 11:03:00 +0000</pubDate>
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                <title>Z-Board - The Pinnacle of Gaming Keyboards?</title>
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                <description><![CDATA[It was my birthday last week, and after some consultation with my good friend Eighty I decided to take the plunge and purchase the luxurious Wooting HE60 keyboard. I have long been a mechanical keyboard lover, and a firm believer that if you find a board that suits your tactile needs, it certainly can at least create the illusion of better performance. Even if I don’t manage to top frag as a result, I feel better about my connection to the game, as silly as that may sound to some of you. The Woo...]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Tue, 02 Apr 2024 11:09:00 +0000</pubDate>
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                <title>Blood West is an exhausting and brutal lesson in perseverance</title>
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                <description><![CDATA[Boomer Shooters are having a moment right now. Over the past few years we have seen a slew of modern takes on classic Quake II vibes games, from the demonic Prodeus to the campy but action-packed Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun. Seeing games that look like they came from my early teens running at 144 frames per second with advanced movement options really does get my nostalgia flowing. With this renaissance of “new old games”, I have been rather surprised that we haven’t seen more immersive sims in th...]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Sun, 31 Dec 2023 12:13:00 +0000</pubDate>
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                <title>The Invincible stumbles in style</title>
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                <description><![CDATA[When you really break down the poorly named Walking Simulator genre to its core, the main pillars which separate the mediocre from the greats come down to environments, characters, and a sense that you are actually in the world. On one end of the spectrum you have Firewatch from Campo Santo, a game that builds one of the most genuine and naturalistic relationships in the industry. It all takes place in a breathtaking living and breathing state park. It deals with live emotions, and you feel as t...]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Tue, 14 Nov 2023 12:17:00 +0000</pubDate>
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                <title>El Paso, Elsewhere is a stunning look at troubled relationships</title>
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                <description><![CDATA[Remedy Entertainment is on the verge of releasing Alan Wake 2, but indie collective Strange Scaffold may have already released the most Remedy game of 2023 with El Paso, Elsewhere. It is a delectable pastiche of everything the Finnish company has done from the twisting lore of Alan Wake, to the warped geometry of Control, and of course the frenetic bullet-time fueled combat of Max Payne. But to discount this low-poly dive into the pits of hell as imitation only would be a major disservice, becau...]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Wed, 25 Oct 2023 11:20:00 +0000</pubDate>
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                <title>Beneath Oresa is on top of its game</title>
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                <description><![CDATA[“Ultimately, we are all drawn here to unravel what lies Beneath Oresa”. The opening narration does an excellent job of setting the tone of the game. Be it adventure, power, or wealth your goal in the game is straightforward. Delve into the ruined city of the gods and return to tell the tale with glory. The first thing I noticed about Beneath Oresa is its presentation. Specifically, how it sounds. The deep crunchy hits go well with the cell shaded models that are smoothly animated to give the pla...]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Thu, 12 Oct 2023 17:56:00 +0000</pubDate>
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                <title>Gunbrella Review: Revenge, Shotguns, and Parasols</title>
                <link>https://pixels-for-breakfast.pckt.blog/gunbrella-review-revenge-shotguns-and-parasols-9cq9s7z</link>
                <description><![CDATA[I love a game that can succinctly sum up the concept of its gameplay hook in the title. Gunbrella is exactly what is sounds like, an umbrella which acts as a gun. Such perfection in a name should be criminal, but immediately from the title screen the sophomore release from Doinksoft had me completely hooked on its premise. Gunbrella is more than just its titular parasol-based weapon. It is a noir-soaked revenge story of a voiceless protagonist who is tracking down the person that murdered his wi...]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Sat, 30 Sep 2023 03:26:00 +0000</pubDate>
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                <title>A piece about loss</title>
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                <description><![CDATA[Written by John P.  This is a pretty personal piece about my life, it feels kinda weird to share really. I’ve been processing emotions about friends and family passing lately, and I like to write in a journal about my feelings, but for once I felt like talking about it publicly is what I should do. My reaction to someone passing is not the “usual” reaction. I don’t break down and become inconsolable. In more recent years it’s more like a very empty feeling, I don’t know if someone will read that...]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Thu, 06 Jul 2023 03:29:00 +0000</pubDate>
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                <title>Resident Evil 4 Remake confirms Capcom cares about their legacy</title>
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                <description><![CDATA[When it was announced that Capcom was going to give Resident Evil 2 a complete re-make, I was totally on board. Many consider RE2 to be the pinnacle of the first wave of survival horror, myself included, and over the years it has suffered the cruel hands of time with its tank controls, and limited playability due to aging systems. It made perfect sense to revisit the classic, if only to bring it to the hands of more players in the current age. Before the release of Resident Evil 2 (2019), the re...]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Thu, 25 May 2023 03:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
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                <title>Wildfrost is a an out of control roguelike full of charm</title>
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                <description><![CDATA[The first word that came to mind when I booted up Wildfrost was “charm”. It is a charming game, with charming visuals, and charming atmosphere. Less obliquely, Wildfrost is one of those games that knows exactly what kind of experience it wants to provide. Even from the menu you get a feel of the jaunty upbeat tone of the game. The art style is probably what grabs most people’s attention. It’s simple, cartoony, adorable, and chock full of personality. All the elements in the game come together as...]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Tue, 25 Apr 2023 03:33:00 +0000</pubDate>
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                <title>Redemption Reapers - Small Party Fire Emblem with an Action Economy</title>
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                <description><![CDATA[Written by Rinoa Carmichael Redemption Reapers borrows a lot from the Fire Emblem brand of tactical RPGs. This makes sense given Masayuki Horikawa has been working on Fire Emblem from Tracia 776 (1999) until 2015’s Fates. Redemption Reapers however discard one of the most notable things about Fire Emblem for me which is the large party. Even in the smallest scale Fire Emblem games, you quickly amass a party of 10 or more characters. Often, you have so many extra units that you are only picking a...]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Fri, 10 Mar 2023 04:37:00 +0000</pubDate>
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                <title>The Kirby Trap - LudoLudo Dissonance</title>
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                <description><![CDATA[Written by Rinoa Carmichael First you draw a circle, then you dot the eyes, add a great big smile, and presto, it’s Kirby!  I have spent a lot of time in my life teaching people fighting games. I love fighting games. Watching people learn to play games you love can really reveal a lot of interesting things about those games. It’s extremely easy to see our own experiences as if not the norm, one of a few defaults.]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Thu, 11 Aug 2022 05:03:00 +0000</pubDate>
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                <title>A Tarkov Player dives into The Cycle: Frontier</title>
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                <description><![CDATA[Written by Chaise Graham When I first purchased Escape from Tarkov back in 2018, little did I know that it would end up being my all-time favorite game. I’ve spent over 4,000 hours in the brutal factories, forests, and streets of Tarkov, which means that I’ve seen some shit. But it also means that I’ve seen most of what the game has to offer at this point, so I wanted to see what The Cycle: Frontier was bringing to the table when it launched on Steam earlier this month. The general premise for b...]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Fri, 24 Jun 2022 05:13:00 +0000</pubDate>
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