GAME REVIEWS
Natalie Flores Dec 3, 2020. 7 minute read
Many Games Have Romance, but Few Do It as Exquisitely as Haven
My favorite moment in Haven is incredibly short and unremarkable. It’s an interaction between Yu and Kay, the game’s dual protagonists. It’s not a main narrative beat; it can randomly happen multiple times as you traverse the game’s gorgeous vistas. As Kay collects cooking ingredients, he comments on how the…
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Nerium Dec 2, 2020. 3 minute read
Dauntless Reforged Rebuilds the Way You Hunt, but Not the Way You Play
Dauntless Reforged might be a good time to let the game back into my life. It’s been puffing along well without me since its full launch, with over 25 million registered users, plus in-game events like the destruction of players’ HQ and its subsequent replacement with a new hub town.…
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Jay Castello Dec 2, 2020. 4 minute read
PHOGS! Is Cooperative Mayhem Best Played With My Dad, Specifically
You can play PHOGS! alone, taking control of one of the two-headed dog-snake’s ends with each hand. Played this way, it’s a reasonable puzzle game, built around the gooey physics of a boneless Catdog-esque tube that can stretch, shrink, and grab things in its cartoonish teeth. When getting to grips with the game this…
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Sean T. Collins Nov 30, 2020. 5 minute read
His Dark Materials Season 2 Episode 3 Review: “Theft”
To paraphrase the Eurythmics, they’ve traveled the world and the seven seas, and everybody in this most recent episode of His Dark Materials is looking for something, or someone. Will Parry is looking for his father. So is Lee Scoresby, though he knows the man under a different name. Lyra Silvertongue is…
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Dylan Roth Nov 27, 2020. 6 minute read
Star Trek: Discovery Season 3 Episode 7 Review: “Unification III”
When the episode titles leaked for this season of Star Trek: Discovery, “Unification III” was the one that stuck out immediately. “Unification” is a two-part episode of The Next Generation that guest stars Leonard Nimoy as Spock, making it the first substantial crossover between the original and contemporary Star Trek…
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Sean T. Collins Nov 23, 2020. 5 minute read
His Dark Materials Season 2 Episode 2 Review: “The Cave”
Let’s start with the good news: Will Parry has not been devoured by a CGI smoke monster. The cliffhanger ending of His Dark Materials’s second season premiere is forgotten within the first few seconds of the follow-up episode (“The Cave”), as Will and Lyra prepare for their journey into his…
READ MORE >Nerium Nov 23, 2020. 4 minute read
Miles Morales Is Just a Better Video Game Spider-Man Than Peter Parker
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Nerium Nov 19, 2020. 4 minute read
Visage Isn’t a P.T. Successor, but Scratches a Different Itch
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Dylan Roth Nov 19, 2020. 6 minute read
Star Trek: Discovery Season 3 Episode 6 Review: “Scavengers”
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Sean T. Collins Nov 16, 2020. 5 minute read
His Dark Materials Season 2 Episode 1 Review: “The City of Magpies”
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Imran Khan Nov 16, 2020. 4 minute read
Keyboard vs. Keyboard, This Is How the Next Gen Consoles CLACK UP
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Dylan Roth Nov 13, 2020. 7 minute read
Star Trek: Discovery Season 3 Episode 5 Review: “Die Trying”
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Jay Castello Nov 9, 2020. 3 minute read
Bugsnax is an Endearing Adventure for Your Inner Kid
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Danielle Riendeau Nov 6, 2020. 3 minute read
Mobius Front 83 Contends with the Tactics and Textures of the 80s
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Nerium Nov 6, 2020. 1 minute read
Spider-Man: Miles Morales Review Podcast With Kahlief Adams
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Dylan Roth Nov 5, 2020. 6 minute read
Star Trek: Discovery Season 3 Episode 4 Review: “Forget Me Not”
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Nerium Nov 4, 2020. 6 minute read
Yakuza: Like a Dragon Is a New Beginning for an All-Time Great Series
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Jay Castello Nov 2, 2020. 4 minute read
EXTREME MEATPUNKS FOREVER: BOUND BY ASH Blasts Past Queerness 101
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Dylan Roth Oct 29, 2020. 5 minute read
Star Trek: Discovery Season 3 Episode 3 Review: “People of Earth”
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Bonnie Qu Oct 26, 2020. 4 minute read
Ghostrunner Hides One Helluva Puzzle Game Under High-Speed Slashing
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