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CultureCultureThe Cost Of Being A Woman Who Covers Video GamesNow that it’s 2020, I keep thinking about how it felt to be a woman writing about gender in video games back in 2010.ByMaddy MyersPublishedJanuary 3, 2020
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12/30/19How To Get Into The Witcher In 2019Maybe you’ve heard of this thing called The Witcher. It’s a book series, three video games, soon-to-be a Netflix…ByHeather AlexandraPublishedDecember 30, 2019
OpinionOpinionEvery Game Should Let You Skip To The Side QuestsDuring my holiday travels, I’ve been messing around with the Switch port of The Witcher 3, partly out of morbid…ByJoshua RiveraPublishedDecember 27, 2019
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