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UncategorizedOuter Wilds Is An Excellent Game About The Joy And Terror Of Space Exploration
Outer Wilds asks you to accept that if you went to space, you’d probably die there. Maybe more than once. In Outer Wilds, out today for PC and Xbox One, you play an average four-eyed inhabitant of Timber Hearth, a small planet in a small solar system. Timber Hearth’s people live in log cabins but…
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OpinionImpressionsCrystal Crisis Is The Sequel Puzzle Fighter Fans Deserve
In 1996 Capcom released Super Puzzle Fighter II Turbo, a competitive puzzle game featuring chibi versions of Street Fighter and Darkstalkers characters. The closest Capcom’s gotten to making a sequel is a failed free-to-play mobile game. It’s cool, though. Indie developer Nicalis just released Crystal Crisis, and it’s all current-gen gem-fighting fans could possibly need.…
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CultureThe Internet Reacts To Whatever That Death Stranding Trailer Was
We now know when the highly anticipated Death Stranding comes out and what it’s about (kind of), which ends some of the mystery around this absurd and fascinating-looking game. But not all of the mystery has been unraveled yet, so we can all still make jokes about it. After Kojima left Konami in 2015, people…
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UncategorizedStarting next Tuesday, Apex Legends is having a limited time event called The Legendary Hunt More details are in the blog post, as well as a few tiny kernals of information about the Season 2 Battle Pass, which will be further fleshed out in a stream on June 8th. Happy hunting!
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OpinionImpressionsConan Unconquered Is A Real Time Strategy Game Without Any Fresh Ideas Of Its Own
If you were to ask Conan Unconquered, “What is best in life?” it might say back “To effectively manage your resources, build big walls, and hear the lamentations of your enemies when they see there’s another wall right behind the first big wall.” Conan Unconquered is a new real-time strategy game that came out on…
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UncategorizedFire Piranha Plant will be the latest character added to Mario Tennis Aces. Players can earn it by competing in tournaments throughout June before the character becomes available to everyone starting in July. That month, Mario Tennis will also see Dry Bowser added to the lineup
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UncategorizedDIY Retro Gaming Handheld Is As Fun To Build As It Is To Play
This is the GameShell, a retro gaming handheld that I built from a kit. I clipped and trimmed the plastic pieces, inserted the circuit boards, connected the wires and snapped it all together. It plays old games, emulated titles and homebrew software. It’s pleasing that something I built does those things. The folks at Clockwork…
By Mike Fahey
