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OpinionImpressionsI Love Mad Catz’s Bizarre Gaming Mice
Look at this piece of gaming hardware, all panels and buttons and weird pokey bits. This is the Mad Catz R.A.T. 8+ 1,000, a limited edition mouse celebrating the company’s 30 year anniversary. It’s emblematic of the odd but oddly-satisfying design choices made by one of the biggest names in computer peripherals. I love it…
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OpinionImpressionsHamsterdam Is The Perfect Name For This Bite-Sized Brawler
Which came first, the name Hamsterdam or the game Hamsterdam? However Muse Games came up with the name for this charming tap-and-swipe beat-em up, it fits. Once little Pimm starts doling out the beatdowns, it’s like, “Damn, hamster.” Released earlier this month for iOS, Android, Switch, and PC, Hamsterdam is a story of sweet revenge.…
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OpinionImpressionsAnthem’s Cataclysm Update Wasn’t Worth The Wait
A massive storm rages overhead. Spend too much time in it and you’ll die. Enemies stalk a handful of ancient ruins scattered around a rocky beach. Take too long trying to kill them and the mission comes to an end, booting you back to the overworld map. At nearly every turn, Anthem’s new limited-time, score-based…
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OpinionImpressionsFallout 76’s Meat Week Lets You Grind For Loot By Barbecuing
Live games have come up with all sorts of creative ways to repackage the grind of killing things over and over again in the hopes of earning rare loot. Fallout 76’s Meat Week cookouts are by far some of the strangest I’ve seen, and I absolutely love them. Fallout 76 is often criticized for not…
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OpinionImpressionsThe Samurai Shodown Limited Edition Neo Geo Mini Is Clearly Superior
Our original review called the Neo Geo Mini arcade-style retro console “cute, but an imperfect nostalgia trip.” The Samurai Shodown limited edition, released this week to celebrate the latest entry in the long-running fighting game series, is exactly that, but it comes with more stuff and looks so much nicer. I firmly believe that translucent…
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OpinionImpressions2011’s DC Universe Online Finds New Life On The Nintendo Switch
On a large computer monitor or television set hooked to an Xbox One or PlayStation 4, DC Comics’ eight-year-old, free-to-play massively multiplayer online superhero role-playing game looks pretty rough. On a lesser-powered console like the Switch with its smallish handheld display, DC Universe Online is a perfect portable MMO. DC Universe never was a looker.…
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OpinionImpressionsI Can’t Wait To Destroy My Friends In Hot Shot Burn
In addition to hardcore competition, Evo 2019 has also provided a decent chunk of floor space for independent developers to show off their games. Flaming Flamingo took advantage of this opportunity to demonstrate its upcoming game, Hot Shot Burn, in a simulated living room environment, complete with an extra-large couch for attendees to lounge on…
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OpinionImpressionsThe Kill La Kill Fighting Game Is Flashy But Flimsy
Like the anime it’s based on, Kill La Kill the Game: IF is fast, stylish, rude, and racy. Unfortunately, like the outfits its main characters sport, there’s not a lot of substance. Kill La Kill is a damn fine original series from Japanese animation studio Trigger. It tells the story of a conflict between Honnouji…
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OpinionImpressionsThis Delightful Bird Rhythm Game Is Also An Entire Musical
Songbird Symphony is the touching tale of an orphaned chick who sets off on an adventure to find his true family, discovering a wonderful little combination rhythm/platforming game along the way. His name is Birb. It’s a good name. Despite his strong sense of rhythm and penchant for bursting into song, Birb’s adoptive peacock family…
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OpinionImpressionsThe Biggest Elder Scrolls Game Has Been Remade In Unity
It’s easy to forget that Skyrim, with its massive popularity and numerous ports, wasn’t the first Elder Scrolls game. It’s only the latest in a long line of huge roleplaying adventures, some of which feature worlds many times its size. The Elder Scrolls II: Daggerfall, originally released in 1996, is one of Skyrim’s big brothers…
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OpinionImpressionsFire Emblem Is Slowly Improving Its Same-Sex Romance Options
The newer Fire Emblem games have placed an emphasis on romance and dating, though the series has been slow to make same-sex romance a viable option. Fire Emblem: Three Houses does allow you to experience same-sex romance—and it is explicitly romantic, and accessible for both male and female main characters. However, the female main character…
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OpinionImpressionsTactical Strategy Game Mutant Year Zero Looks Like A PS2 Game On Switch [Update]
What the duck am I looking at? Mutant Year Zero: Road To Eden was one of last year’s surprise delights. Now it’s out on Switch, which should be a great thing. There’s just one problem: It looks really bad. [Update – 10:23, July 31]: The Switch version of Mutant Year Zero got a patch yesterday…
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OpinionImpressionsVivid Painting Adventure Concrete Genie Will Release On PS4 In October
After being delayed earlier this year, Sony’s painterly puzzle platformer Concrete Genie will finally come to PS4 on October 8 for $30. Kotaku first previewed Concrete Genie, created by one of Sony’s tiniest first-party studios, PixelOpus, back at E3 2017. At the time, the game’s creative director Dominic Robilliard said the idea was originally born…
By Ethan Gach
