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28 Indie Games You’ll Be Delighted To Have Discovered

Some of these aren't even roguelites or deckbuilders!

By John Walker Published September 6, 2021

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Porno Hustlers Of The Atari Age

The newly unearthed history behind one of the most offensive video games ever made

Kate Willaert Published September 6, 2021
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And Now, The Ultimate Retro Gaming Device

Special FPGA circuits transform the MiSTer into whichever retro gaming hardware you desire

By Mike Fahey Published September 2, 2021
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A Year Later, I Still Can’t Stop Thinking About Disco Elysium

Disco Elysium is a game about trauma, and I cannot stop thinking about its bullets

By Renata Price Published August 30, 2021
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How Psychonauts 2 Approaches Trauma, Therapy And Empathy

"It’s always just seemed to me that’s what life is like: incredibly funny and ridiculous"

Paul Verhoeven Published August 24, 2021

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Keyboard Group Buys Rule When They Don’t Suck

If you want the best keyboards and keycaps, it’s a game of pay, wait, and hope

By Mike Fahey Published August 12, 2021
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The Kick-Ass Shit That Women In The Game Industry Don’t Get Enough Credit For

Women sharing their stories following the Blizzard lawsuit are more than their trauma

Patricia Hernandez & Ari Notis Published July 30, 2021
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Her Award-Winning Gaming Collection Could Get Her Paid. But That’s Not The Point.

The Guinness winner says games are meant to be played

By Ash Parrish Published July 30, 2021
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Minecraft’s ‘Worst’ Server Was Exploited So Hard, Griefers Could See The Future

How Minecraft anarchy server 2b2t was ruled for three years by hacker group Nerds Inc.

By John Walker Published July 30, 2021
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The Messy, Stalled Reckoning At An Assassin’s Creed Co-Developer

Ubisoft Singapore devs report sexual harassment, toxic managers, and bad pay

By Ethan Gach Published July 21, 2021

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First It Was An Assassin’s Creed Expansion, Now It’s Ubisoft’s 8 Year Nightmare

Inside Ubisoft Singapore’s struggle to ship Skull & Bones

By Ethan Gach Published July 20, 2021
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Nickelodeon Fighting Game Devs Have High Hopes, Competitive Dreams

Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl is more than just Smash with Nicktoons, its developers say

By Ian Walker Published July 16, 2021
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Cris Tales Transforms Beautiful Colombian Landmarks Into Its Fantasy World

Dreams Uncorporated is proud of their Colombian heritage and it shows

By Mike Fahey Published July 16, 2021
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10 Gimmick Shooters From The Early 2000s You Might Not Remember

Why just shoot a gun when you can shatter the laws of time and space as well?

By Mike Fahey Published July 15, 2021
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Here’s The Lowdown On That Kick-Ass 2.5D Cyberpunk Game

Sad Cat Studios dishes on its eye-catching debut, Replaced

By Ari Notis Published July 14, 2021

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Izuho ‘IPPO’ Numata On Working At Early-’90s Sega And Composing Phantasy Star IV

The Phantasy Star composer talks about how her classic melodies came about.

By Peter Tieryas Published April 27, 2021
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The Inexplicable Sexiness Of Ivy Valentine

Negotiating the complexities of playing a powerful warrior steeped in the male gaze

By Maddy Myers Published November 20, 2018
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Why Black Men Love Dragon Ball Z

“I think black men like Dragon Ball Z because the show is so fucking extra"

By Gita Jackson Published July 5, 2018
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The Struggle To Cram Game Of Thrones Inside A Video Game

The AGOT mod for Crusader Kings II is as vast as the source material

By Luke Plunkett Published October 26, 2017
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A Love Letter To The F-14 Tomcat

From Top Gun to Macross to Sega to GI Joe , the F-14 was a 1980s superstar

By Luke Plunkett Published August 15, 2017

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