Eric McAdams
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Why Can Sad Games Be So Relaxing?
I’m not much for chill video games. Farming and city simulators, puzzle games without time limits, relentlessly happy rhythm games…
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How Apex Legends Taught Me to Love the First-Person Shooter
A confession: I hate first person shooters. This isn’t because I’m shockingly bad at them (though I certainly am), but…
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With Onward, Pixar is Still Stuck in the Suburbs
Pixar’s Onward just hasn’t grabbed me so far. The big gimmick of the film is that it takes high fantasy creatures, magic, and tropes…
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The Music of the Great British Baking Show is Perfect
There are a lot of reasons why The Great British Baking Show is one of the most beloved cooking competition…
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Is Anthem Worth Ten Dollars?
I bought Anthem for twenty dollars. Back when developer BioWare was hyping it up as the new prestige multiplayer game,…
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Later Alligator is a Comedic Noir Adventure Game (With Alligators)
I fell in love with Later Alligator less than ten minutes into my first playthrough. I was playing Three Card…
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Mindhunter and the Optics of Murder
There’s a scene in the second episode of the second season of Netflix’s Mindhunter where Special Agent Bill Tench (Holt…
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Fire Emblem: Three Houses Is All About Power, But Doesn’t Understand It
Fire Emblem has has always been a franchise that juxtaposes the florid magic of fantasy roleplaying games with the grim…
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Is Fire Emblem Heroes Secretly the Best Game in the Series?
I played Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn in the summer of 2008. It was my first Fire Emblem game, and despite…
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BAKI is “Guys Being Dudes”: The Anime
Editor’s Note: This piece was written collaboratively by Eric McAdams and Thomas Loughney. “I want to taste defeat.” This is…
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