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UncategorizedHoodwink is the Biggest Con Job I’ve Played This Year. And That’s a Good Thing.
Slow jazz? Check. Disheveled office? Check. Intimations that someone will walk through the door at any moment? Check. All the signs of a classic film noir-inspired game are well in play. Except our detective seems awfully young. And grabby. And in fact not detective-like at all. Really, the whole opening of the game is a…
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UncategorizedThis Is What A $30,000 PC Gaming Room Looks Like
I am not what you would call a hardware fetishist. I came to be a PC gamer because when I was a child and, later, a student and early twentysomething, I never had the money for consoles but there was a computer in the house. I came to it from convenience first, and only later…
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The Secret World, Log Two: I Am Not Always Good at Staying Alive
It’s not that I’m terrible at combat. On the contrary: I’m pretty good at slicing things up. I’ve got solid DPS and a couple of powerful heals that make me a force to be reckoned with. It’s just that my judgment and self-preservation instincts seem to be more or less entirely absent. In other words:…
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UncategorizedWant To Make Chess More Fun? Add Portals.
Take a chess board. Add portals. Now you have Portal Chess. The concept is fairly straightforward. Each side has their own portal, which they can move one step in any direction. Going through a portal means your piece’s particular style of movement continues through your opponent’s portal. There are a couple of other details and…
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A Pixelated Big Lebowski Game Would Have You Play As ‘The Dude’ And It Would Be Awesome
He’s known only as ‘The Dude,’ and he’s the greatest bowler of all time. But that drink in his hand does not look like a White Russian. Someone give the poor dude a White Russian! You can buy a print version of The Dude online. Check out Jesus and Walter down below, too. Dammit, Walter,…
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