My 2016 was a year of surprises. There were so many games I didn’t expect would capture me the way they did,…
Sign In again. Remember a time before Facebook and Skype? When Windows XP was the next big thing and AIM was king. Relive that era with Emily is Away, an interactive story. Create a screenname and browse buddy infos in this chat-bot meets adventure game. Explore your relationship with Emily, a fellow high school student, in a branching narrative where you choose the outcome. And most importantly, change your text color to lime green so people know you're the coolest kid in school.
My 2016 was a year of surprises. There were so many games I didn’t expect would capture me the way they did,…
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I finished Dishonored 2 last weekend and immediately jumped into a New Game Plus. Turns out it’s a fantastic,…
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Dishonored 2 is a depressing slog of bodies and misery. It is confusing and jumbled, full of half formed ideas, and…
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Nostalgia sells, and Emily Is Away Too is selling it, again. The bing of AOL Instant Messenger loading up, the door-opening creak of a friend logging on (or a special sound for your crush)—the facets of our youth that live on in outdated software are re-livable in the upcoming 2017 sequel to interactive fiction title E…
I do not relish the thought of academia, through few faults of its own. We’re just not that compatible. What I want…
Stardew Valley creator Eric “ConcernedApe” Barone is a relentless game dev cyborg. After a brief respite to refuel…
Team Steve and Team Tony don’t face off on the big screen until May 6, but the battle has already begun on my desk,…
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