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Moon Taught Me To Appreciate Its Weird World The Hard Way

Moon: Remix RPG Adventure is a niche “anti-RPG” from 1997 that last week made its way westward, for the first time ever, via Switch. While the digital manual provides some much-appreciated assistance, I recently found myself stuck in a game-ending situation that would have been entirely avoidable had I respected the game’s world. The main…

By Ian Walker Published August 31, 2020

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Wasteland 3, From The Perspective Of A Wasteland Newcomer

Early on in Wasteland 3, you’re forced to make a choice. The family of one of your party members, a young woman named Lucia Wesson, was recently killed. An early quest has you stumble upon a camp of downtrodden apocalypse survivors, where you meet Lucia’s ex-boyfriend. Even if he didn’t technically pull the trigger, he’s…

By Ari Notis Published August 31, 2020

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The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly Of Returning To Dragon Age: Origins

I knew this would happen. The second I saw that Dragon Age 4 video at Gamescom, I knew I’d be back on my particular brand of Dragon Age bullshit. I want you to know I tried. I fought against the siren’s call as best as I could. But like many an ancient sailor, I too…

By Ash Parrish Published August 31, 2020

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Yes, I Have Bagged Red Dead Online’s Most Elusive Bovine

Gather round folks, and let me share with you the absurd tale of my week-long hunt to find a stupid bull in Red Dead Online. A few weeks ago a new role involving animals, the naturalist, was added to Red Dead Online. The role’s main focus is collecting samples from most of the game’s animals,…

By Zack Zwiezen Published August 31, 2020

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Warframe‘s Big Twist Knocked My Brain Clean Out Of My Head

When someone first starts playing a long-running video game, a ritual begins. Friends who’ve spent considerably more time with the game immediately start asking “Have you gotten to [part that is so iconic as to have become revered]?” You reply “No” repeatedly, but that only builds anticipation. Will the moment live up to expectations, or…

By Nathan Grayson Published August 28, 2020

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Beware This Pack Of Deadly Beavers In Red Dead Online

I never thought I would be afraid of beavers. But after playing a legendary animal mission recently, I’m terrified of the buck-toothed bastards. However, I’m also excited that Rockstar finally seems to be adding more creative, exciting, and silly content into Red Dead Online. The latest big update for Red Dead Online arrived last month…

By Zack Zwiezen Published August 27, 2020

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I Love How Skaters Get Hype In Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1 + 2

I’ve spent a lot of time with the Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1 + 2 demo despite being confined to short, two-minute runs in a single level. It’s an incredible achievement that feels almost exactly like the iconic franchise’s earliest installments. My favorite part, however, is a new addition that sees your skater of choice…

By Ian Walker Published August 24, 2020

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Games Leaving Xbox Game Pass Gives Me Anxiety

In the dying hours of my work week I desperately tried to blast my way through Yoku’s Island Express. It is the quintessential Game Pass game; released in 2018 to a sanguine reception, as enthusiasts everywhere marveled at Villa Gorilla’s ability to merge pinball dexterity with Metroid-style puzzle solving, and it’s been sitting patiently in…

Luke Winkie Published August 24, 2020

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Confessions Of A Fall Guys Grabber

If you’ve played Fall Guys, this has happened to you: You’re about to cross the finish line. Everything’s looking great. Then, out of nowhere, some jerk grabs you. A bunch of other pastel-colored beans sprint by. Just like that, you’re disqualified. The person who disqualified you was me—and I’m not sorry. Fall Guys is a…

By Ari Notis Published August 21, 2020

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I Love How Easy It Is To Play With High-Level Friends In Warframe

The other night, I played Warframe with some of my actual, flesh-and-blood friends for the first time. I was worried; after all, my friends have been playing the space ninja MMO for hundreds of hours. I, with a paltry 45 hours, am a scrub by comparison. I worried that our hangout would be a waste…

By Nathan Grayson Published August 14, 2020

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My Fall Guys Bean Is Very Stylish

I don’t deal with stagnancy well. If I have a bad run in Fall Guys, for instance, I’ll often tinker with my bean dude’s costume for a sort of fresh start. Keeping in mind that I’m constantly messing with color palettes and patterns, here are a few of the major evolutions my bean’s fits have…

By Ian Walker Published August 14, 2020

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Note To Self: Stop Slashing Horse In Ghost Of Tsushima

The sun is setting on the island of Tsushima as I call over my trusted horse after defeating some deadly Mongols in combat. I am a noble samurai warrior, ready to do whatever I can to help my people and sav—Ahh shit, I just smacked my horse with my sword. Again. I’ve been playing Ghost…

By Zack Zwiezen Published August 13, 2020

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I’m Better At Fall Guys When Blasting Death Grips

I prefer games that don’t require much auditory attention so that I can listen to music while I play. Fall Guys is perfect for this since I can grind out match after match and not really miss out on anything. And while I generally prefer softer fare like The Mountain Goats or Phoebe Bridgers, I’ve…

By Ian Walker Published August 12, 2020

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Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order Has The Best ‘Squeezing Through Narrow Passage’ Moments

I, uh, have to make a confession: I like those moments, now ubiquitous in modern gaming, where you squeeze through narrow passageways that obviously exist just to hide asset loading. Not sure why, to be honest. Maybe it’s Freudian? In any case, what I do know is that Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order has the…

By Ian Walker Published August 10, 2020

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Slime Climb Should Never Be The First Fall Guys Round

Fall Guys is the game of the moment. Everyone, including myself, is absolutely enamored with these terrifyingly talljellybean friends competing to see who can win at this game show battle royale. Games are divided into rounds of mini-games, some of which are definitely more fun than others. One game that is always bad, though, is…

By Ty Galiz-Rowe Published August 10, 2020

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PlayStation 4’s Firewatch Theme Is My Window To A Better World

The world is cold and unfeeling, so it’s a small comfort to know I’ll always have the Firewatch theme on my PlayStation 4. I’m a pretty basic dude. I like my user interfaces clean and as free of clutter as possible. But when Campo Santo’s first-person adventure Firewatch arrived on PlayStation 4 a few years…

By Ian Walker Published August 7, 2020

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I’m Really Into That New Dragon-Dating Sim, Ring Fit Adventure

Can I tell you a secret? Is this a safe place? Because what I’m about to say could potentially expose some of my stranger… predilections, let’s say. Are you ready? Okay. I think the bad guy in Ring Fit Adventure is smokin’ hot. He’s a tall, dark, and dummy thicc dragon traipsing about in a wrestling…

By Ash Parrish Published August 7, 2020

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Fall Guys‘ Catchy Music Is What Keeps Me Coming Back

I keep losing at Fall Guys and if it wasn’t for the weird and peppy music hammering my brain after every failure I would have given up by now. Games don’t have to be fun and I certainly haven’t been having fun getting chewed up and spit out by Fall Guys’ multiplayer chaos over and…

By Ethan Gach Published August 7, 2020

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I Hate This Rope In Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order

I don’t think I’ve ever been as frustrated with an inanimate object in a video game as I have with this goddamn rope in Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order I’ve been messing around with Fallen Order in brief spurts since it launched last November, but only recently set my mind to a serious playthrough. It’s…

By Ian Walker Published August 5, 2020

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World Of Warcraft Classic: Maybe You Can’t Go Home Again

My brother and I started taking World of Warcraft Classic seriously again two weeks ago. We both played during the mid-2000s Vanilla period—the era Classic attempts to replicate—and jumped into Classic last year, grinding to the mid-20s. Back then, it really seemed like Blizzard’s experiment was going to work. Stormwind and Ironforge, the two most…

Luke Winkie Published August 4, 2020