Cecilia D'Anastasio's saved articles

At least it wasn’t downloading Internet Explorer. Small wins. As a parent of two kids, I hate slime so much. Read more

I am a 34 year old man.  The only cousin I stay in routine contact with out of 10 is the one I have played the last several Borderlands games with.  I stay in contact with a few Navy buddies over Halo, Destiny, PUBG and Apex Legends.  This article is my life.  I really dislike talking on the phone.  Comforting to know… Read more

A great piece as always, Cecilia! Read more

This is fine by me. Not every weapon needs to be amazing. I wish they would add a few more in for more variety though. Read more

Meh. Every gun shouldn’t be great, and sometimes you have to make do with what you can find.
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I’d only want this if the scent were “fresh gadget plastic”.  Otherwise, I’d prefer not to rub XBox all over me. Read more

This is what happens when companies get too drunk on “how strong their brand is”.  Read more

Good thing we’re finally covered for that specific instance when we are buying video games at a video game retailer and we get a call asking if we bought body wash/deodorant and we’re at the counter, notice this out of place product, and can say, “uh... yes. Buying it right now.”
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At least it’s not as trash as Tekken’s VR mode. The only VR mode for a fighting game that makes any sense to me is a replay spectator mode but they keep trying to make it playable and that just doesn’t work well with traditional fighting games. Read more

It would be amazing if Nintendo supported this mode with a tournament series. Read more

Nintendo’s stellar history with VR claims another victim. Read more

The flower on Venusaur’s back is a Rafflesia, which is locally known as “meat flower” since it smells like rotting flesh. For some reason that’s all I can think of after seeing this
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This sounds smart. The competitive scene can be very stringent and prickly about its rules (which fair they’ve done this on their own for a long time), but not the most welcoming for casual people. Read more

tournaments with items are hype! every other tournament out there uses the “regular” tourney ruleset, a little wacky randomness is a welcome addition. Read more

Man alive, I have been waiting for this game for a while now. That first trailer really hooked me. July 5th, get it.  Read more

Oh yasssss, I’ve been waiting for this ever since I saw the first trailer. Creepy-cool adventure games like this are my jam, as well as the whole damn sandwich.
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Seriously asking... why would you assume she doesn’t know this? Like that’s a lot of 101 information, and she’s writing about Arena for a games website where she’s been a featured writer for what feels like years. Read more

People just concede to not waste time if the game is already lost from their perspective. Plain and simple. It also happens in real life you know.
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I usually stick it out to learn more about different deck strategies. I enjoy a really good loss. However, play more than one or two planeswalkers and I will quit even if I am not losing. They’re so annoyingly complicated and overpowered, it’s not even fun to play against.
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