Tactical Strike

The Dark Souls formula is tried and true. It’s been adapted into science fiction settings, placed into 2D, and…

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For most of my life, I never quite understood escapism. I knew how powerful video games could be, how seductive and…

Genre is mostly bullshit. It’s useful for discussion and for imagining where a certain game exists on the continuum…

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The first time I died in Insurgency: Sandstorm, I had just dashed into a building to backup my teammates. Watching a…