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Imran Khan May 24, 2022. 4 minute read
3 Video Games Like Our Flag Means Death
If you happen to like period romantic comedies about pirates, you’ve probably already heard of HBO’s Our Flag Means Death. The show stars Flight of Conchords‘ Rhys Darby and ubiquitous director and actor Taika Waititi as the real-life pirates Stede Bonnet and Blackbeard. Bonnet, both in the history books and in…
READ MORE >merritt k May 24, 2022. 3 minute read
The 7 Worst Batman Games Ever Made
After the success of his most recent theatrical outing, Batman fever has once again struck the nation. Now, audiences are either eagerly or nervously anticipating Gotham Knights, depending on their taste for loot mechanics and interest in a Jason Todd who looks like Shrek. Overall, the Dark Knight has had a pretty good…
READ MORE >Aron Garst May 24, 2022. 5 minute read
From Buzz Lightyear To Sonic, Here Are Crossovers We’d Love To See in Fortnite
Giant friendly dinosaurs, wolverine, and that other guy from Silk Sonic. What do all these have in common? Well, you can shoot each with a shotgun that has a recoil so stiff you fly high enough in the sky and sprain your ankle on the way back down. This is…
READ MORE >merritt k May 24, 2022. 2 minute read
My Dad’s Top 5 Favorite Video Games
My dad doesn’t play many games. When it comes time to relax, he mostly prefers movies or taking his boat out on the water. But over the years, he’s played a few here and there — some when he was younger, and some for consoles that he got my sister…
READ MORE >Steven Strom May 23, 2022. 2 minute read
Drainus is the Sidescrolling Shooter with a Parry I Didn’t Know I Needed
Drainus is the new surprise release from the makers of Deedlit in Wonder Labyrinth. It has just about the most unfortunate name of any game I’ve seen this year (sounding like a combination of “drain” and “anus”). That’s really saying something, too, in the month that brought us Warhammer 40,000:…
READ MORE >merritt k May 23, 2022. 2 minute read
Dude, Physical Copies of Video Games Suck Now
It’s been a minute since I bought a physical copy of a game. I admit it — I love the convenience of digital downloads, and over the past decade or so I developed a distaste for material clutter, so not having boxes everywhere was great for me. But as I’ve…
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