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Earlier today, filmmaker Adam Butcher uploaded a new video to YouTube detailing the history of Catastrophe Crow, a…
Aug 20
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As I was doomscrolling (heh) Twitter early this morning (a deeply unhealthy part of my morning ritual) I came across…
Dec 12 2017
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By now finding a “haunted” cartridge is a scary video game story cliche, but one series in sells the tale better…
Dec 6 2017
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Hell is a game about cooking eggs. Drop an egg into the pan and watch it sizzle before cracking another egg. But be…
Nov 27 2017
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Guzzlord the Ultra Beast may have appeared in the original Sun and Moon, but the latest games introduce this monster…
Nov 6 2017
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On this week’s Fave This, Gita and guest Heather Alexandra talk about how games can benefit from being campy.…
Oct 26 2017
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The back page of Alex Hall’s economics textbook was filled with scribbles. Diagrams, notes, story beats, a web that…
Apr 21 2017
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Over the last few weeks, a YouTube channel has been uploading a Let’s Play of a game called Petscop. On the surface, …
Oct 31 2016
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Pokémon may be famously cheery, but the series has its share of dark, spooky myths. The most famous of those have…
Mar 28 2016
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Active Worlds is an MMO from 1995 that nobody really plays anymore. That’s where this story begins.
Feb 4 2016
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Over the years, people have battled and captured hundreds of Pokémon. And while everyone has their favorite, no…
Jul 28 2015
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Back in the day, arcades were no stranger to all sort of bullshit myths about cabinets and the games they housed. In…
Jun 5 2015
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In 2011, a guy using the handle Cosbydaf wrote a story on the web about a Godzilla game he decided to revisit when…
Feb 25 2015
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Watch as one Elite: Dangerous player finds out first-hand just how terrifying exploring deep space can be.
Oct 15 2014
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Pokémon X & Y are rather happy-go-lucky games—that is, with the exception of a mysterious ghost girl that managed to…
Jun 3 2014
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The tragic events in Waukesha, in which two young girls are accused of stabbing a friend, have brought internet myth…
Mar 4 2014
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Creepypastas, or scary stories that circulate primarily on the internet, might frighten the heck out of us—but damn…
Nov 4 2013
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Gather 'round the fire, boys and girls. Submitted for the approval of the Midnight Society, I call this story...the…