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  CultureNews

  Wordle Creator’s New Puzzle Game Is A Simple Spin On A Complicated Classic

  Parseword is a totally free-to-play, bite-sized version of a cryptic crossword

  By Zack Zwiezen Published March 10, 2026
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  OpinionCommentary

  Retro Games Are Coming To Animal Crossing: New Horizons But You Have To Pay To Play Them

  A callback to the GameCube game gets an unfortunate paywall

  By Ethan Gach Published October 30, 2025
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  CultureNewsMorning Checkpoint

  New PS5 Model Ditches The Shiny Black Plastic Fans Hated

  Plus: Silent Hill F is selling well, GOG adds more classic games to its preservation program, Borderlands 4 is getting a robot DLC character, and Nintendo of America's new CEO seems fun

  By Zack Zwiezen Published September 29, 2025
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  Tips & Guides

  Resident Evil Requiem Connects To A Lost Classic

  Did the name Ashcroft sound familiar? There's a reason for that

  Thomas Wilde Published July 4, 2025
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  Tips & GuidesTry This Out

  Kotaku’s Weekend Guide: 3 Cool Games We’re Playing After An Impossible Week

  It’s ‘cause it was Mission: Impossible week, get it? Other things happened, too, of course

  Claire Jackson & Ethan Gach & Carolyn Petit Published May 23, 2025
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  Tips & GuidesTry This Out

  9 Games You Should Play If You Loved Fantasian: Neo Dimension

  If you found Mistwalker’s latest RPG compelling, here’s some excellent stuff you should try next

  Lucas White Published May 8, 2025
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  OpinionCommentary

  One Of The Greatest Games Critics Of All Time Has Died

  Jonathan Nash was a mysterious, unreasonably talented and incredibly funny man, who influenced generations of writers

  By John Walker Published January 23, 2025
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  CultureFeature

  20 Astonishing Indie Games To Play Or Wishlist Immediately

  Thanksgaming 24 concludes with a second large helping of wonderful unknown games

  By John Walker Published November 29, 2024
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  Tips & Guides

  10 Games To Play After Metaphor ReFantazio

  This eclectic list of incredible games will tide you over until Atlus makes Meta-Five

  Timothy Monbleau Published November 14, 2024
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  CultureNews

  These Two Classic Shooters Just Became Completely Free, Forever

  Both Unreal and Unreal Tournament are freely shared via the Internet Archive, with Epic's blessing

  By John Walker Published November 14, 2024