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Personal stories that celebrate gaming culture.

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Aliens Among Us: EarthBound and the American Dream

EarthBound is praised for its quirky, nostalgic American setting, but something far more profound lies beneath its cheerful surface

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The Hidden Magic of Doom on the Original PlayStation

Exploring Doom’s most horrifying entry

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What Games Would We Send the Aliens?

What would you choose?

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Understanding the Importance of The Last of Us: Left Behind

The DLC no one thought they wanted gave a new understanding of the first game

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50 Games From 2022 in 25 Words or Less

Many games, few words

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The Little Light Within: FFXIV's Endwalker and the Fierceness of Hope

Hope is sometimes the most audacious goal

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An Ode to The End

17 years on, Metal Gear Solid 3’s geriatric sniper remains peerless

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Shadow of the Colossus and the Meditative Gameplay Loop

More games are making silence and contemplation fundamental to the design

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Where Should the Next Fallout Be Located?

There are several great options

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How Cultist Simulator Uses Your Imagination to Properly Scare You

Spoiler: It gets inside your head

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The Beauty in Max Payne 3’s Ugliness

There is much to like about Max’s harrowing journey in São Paulo

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Remembering My Favourite Battlefield Game Mode

Battlefield 2142 depicted "The Cold War of the 22nd Century"

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We’re All Living in the Future of Phantasy Star Online

Where we're going, we don't need roads

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I'm a Nice Guy, Just Ignore the Bodies

Uncharted’s Nathan Drake has killed hundreds: why don’t players care?

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In Defence of Tank Controls

A relic of gaming infancy or a misunderstood turning point?

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Making the Most of Winter Games

Winter's here (in the northern hemisphere, at least). While you're rugging up IRL, why not theme-ify your in-game characters too?

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Alien Isolation: An Exhibition of Unforgiving Terror

An abandoned space station full of murderous androids and flesh-eating aliens (or: a luxurious getaway for the whole family!)

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Netflix Making a Live-Service AAA Shooter is a Worrying Move

Can Netflix avoid the mistakes of others?

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New Pokémon Designs Shine in Scarlet and Violet, but That May Not Be Enough

The Pokémon machine rumbles on, problems and all

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How Game Jams Quickly Level Up Your Game Dev

Three weeks of game jams taught me more about game development than a year of tutorials

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Why I'm Still Meditating With Playne

Games can help us maintain healthy habits

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I’m Giving Up on Stealth Games

What games do wrong, and right, when it comes to stealth

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"Give Me Grace": Aging Gracefully With God of War

Growing up with Kratos

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Racing in Paradise City Is Terrifying, in a Good Way

Where the cars are fast and the races are gritty

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Stardew Valley and Pathologic: Two Sides Of The Same Coin

The cute farming sim and plague survival horror have more in common than you might think