Feb 1
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Yakuza: Like A Dragon is many things: a satire, a melodrama, a business/real estate simulator, and a dungeon-based…
Kevin Wong
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Kevin is an English teacher and freelance writer from Queens, NY. You can email him at kevinjameswong@gmail.com, and follow him on Twitter.
Nov 13
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Marvel’s Spider-Man: Remastered is a definitive polish of a beloved game. The visuals in this game are a marked…
Oct 22
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When I first played Marvel’s Avengers, I thought it had a fun campaign and some great moments of escapism, but was…
Sep 10
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I’ve been taking my time with Ghost of Tsushima. A highlight of my completionist playthrough has been the “Bamboo…
Jul 31
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The first time stuntwoman Amy Johnston worked with Naughty Dog, she performed motion capture for Nadine Ross in Uncha…
Jul 9
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The Last of Us Part 2 has 14 locked safes scattered throughout its world. In contrast to the rest of the game, where…
May 6 2020
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I’ve had a difficult two months. I don’t know when I’m teaching again. I’m concerned for my family’s safety. But…
Mar 27 2020
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I’ve been playing Super Mario Bros. 3 on my Nintendo Switch lately. It’s been reminding me how the Angry Sun, an…
Aug 9 2019
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The Haunted Mansion is one of Disney’s greatest creations. It’s also an unfixable, thematic mess, which is part of…
Apr 10 2019
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I’ll make a deal with you, Nintendo: I will promise to buy any console that you release, if you will promise to…
Mar 8 2019
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In World 8-3 — the penultimate level of Super Mario Bros. for the NES — Mario makes his final push towards Bowser’s…
Jan 22 2019
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Lucy’s relationship to Schroeder was unfulfilling. She craved emotional validation from the one character who was…
Sep 3 2018
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Sally, the younger sister of Peanuts’ Charlie Brown, did not perform well in school. She wrote reports the morning…
Aug 6 2018
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While playing Super Mario Odyssey, you’ll occasionally come across portraits like the one pictured above.They are…
Jul 31 2018
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Charlie Brown is hesitant. Marcie is shy. Lucy is cruel. Schroeder is aloof. But Franklin is just…perfect.
Jul 3 2018
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Back in the mid to late-90’s, Naomi Chiba expressed her die-hard Nintendo fan love in the pages of Nintendo Power mag…
Jun 15 2018
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The core innovation of Super Mario Odyssey is Mario’s companion, Cappy. Cappy is a hat that can magically possess…
Apr 23 2018
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Snoopy’s doghouse is so well-known and recognizable that even when there are no Peanuts characters in the frame, it…
Mar 16 2018
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I’m not a gearhead, nor would I ever be mistaken for one. But this past February, I went to a monster truck rally…
Mar 15 2018
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In 1990, Bill Watterson created a Calvin and Hobbes storyline in which Calvin is bullied into playing baseball…