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Written and photographed by Drew Taylor The shallow water smacks impatiently against the side of the boat in a language thick with meaning: Shlap. Shlap. Shlap. You say you don’t want to go (don’t leave me), but I’m already on the island; the long, flat grass brushing
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Written and hosted by Steve Heller I’m one of those weirdos who never really played Mega Man. Despite growing up playing games before I could even talk, the little android man and I never really crossed paths in over thirty years of gaming adventures. In fact, most of what
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Written by Rinoa Carmichael *Critical hit* *character dies* *restart* If that felt familiar to you, and you didn’t read the title of the article, you are probably someone who played a Fire Emblem game. Fire Emblem perhaps more than any other series I know, has always a deep tension
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Written and hosted by Steve Heller When Disjunction came across my desk I was told it was Hotline Miami taking place in a cyberpunk world. It never really provided exactly that, and while it does a lot of things right, Disjunction never really grows past its first few hours. It’
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Written and hosted by Steve Heller When Olija came across my desk, I honestly didn’t know what I was in for. Judging from the trailers I was expecting yet another typical pixel art Metroidvaniah. However the involvement of Devovler Digital had me wondering what the hook was. Turns out,
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Written and hosted by Steve Heller I still remember the first time I saw the reveal trailer for Crypt of the Necrodancer. Not only was the name just utterly perfect, but its unique mashup of Roguelike dungeon crawling and rhythm games was just so damn fun. That’s why I
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Written and hosted by Steve Heller When it comes to first person narrative adventures, players are spoilt for choice. There’s the trailblazing Gone Home, the deeply moving What Remains of Edith Finch, the heady and esoteric The Stanley Parable, and lets not forget about the phenomenal Firewatch. Suffice to
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Written and hosted by Steve Heller Stirring Abyss is a hardcore tactics game that is filled with horrific Lovecraftian lore that honestly infected my brain for a few weeks while I was reviewing other games. The way it manages to weave familiar mechanics together with hypnotic narrative is rather striking,
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Written and hosted by Steve Heller In all honesty, I’ve had quite a hard time reviewing Immortals Fenyx Rising, the latest Ubisoft open world adventure that takes a more playful approach towards mysticism than the dour Assassin’s Creed series. Throughout my twenty or so hours with the game
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Written and hosted by Steve Heller Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity is a far more grounded and meaningful look at the story of Hyrule, a tale that examines the horrific events of the calamity that precedes 2017’s The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. In many ways its
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Written and hosted by Steve Heller Going Under is a dungeon crawling Roguelike set within the world of Startup conglomerate Cubicle. Cubicle has managed to acquire a number of smaller startups, and you join their humble workforce as Jackie, an un-paid marketing intern at Fizzle, a sparkling water company who
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Written and hosted by Steve Heller Pendragon is a turn-based strategy game set against the backdrop of the tale of King Arthur. Camelot has fallen, the knights of the round table have scattered to various corners of the dilapidated world, and King Arthur is on a suicide mission at Camlann