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Transformers’ New Trypticon Is The Biggest Decepticon Ever Made
In late 2015, Hasbro asked Transformers fans to choose from one of three massive classic characters to update for the modern age. Decepticon city Trypticon beat our Omega Supreme and Scorponok, and now we have our first look at the biggest official Decepticon toy ever. It pretty much had to be Trypticon, the only character…
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Mods Helped Me Make Myself In The Sims 4
The first thing I do in The Sims is make a sim of myself. But it’s not always easy finding the right hair or skin tone, and often my self sims don’t look like me much at all. At least, they don’t until I start downloading and installing mods. The tools for building out bodies…
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New World Of Darkness Games Are Slick Interactive Fiction
White Wolf Publishing released its first two World of Darkness video games in more than a decade this week. Vampire the Masquerade: We Eat Blood and Mage the Ascension: Refuge won’t scratch that Bloodlines itch, but as interactive fiction goes they’re very cool. Way back in my late teens I used to run a BBS…
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Video Game Tries To Tackle Gang Violence In Chicago, Fails
We Are Chicago is a game about how gang violence in Chicago’s South and West Side neighborhoods affects people’s lives. In particular, the game follows Aaron, a young man trying to make it to his high school graduation. But where the game tries to be inspiring and heartwarming, it is treacly and patronizing. My biggest…
By Gita Jackson
