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Natalie Flores Jun 20, 2020. 3 minute read
Spiritfarer Wishes to Explore How Death Is Terrible but Incredibly Ordinary
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Josh Broadwell Feb 24, 2022. 4 minute read
Elden Ring Stats Guide: What They All Mean, How to Respec
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John Warren Dec 29, 2021. 8 minute read
The Fancies 2021: John Warren’s Top 10 Games of the Year
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merritt k Oct 7, 2021. 6 minute read
What Your Favorite Legend of Zelda Game Says About You
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Imran Khan Nov 19, 2021. 3 minute read
Activision’s Bobby Kotick Must Go, But the Rot Does Not End With Him
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merritt k Jun 30, 2022. 5 minute read
How Destiny 2 Created and is Solving its Villain Problem
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Family Suing Activision-Blizzard For Wrongful Death After Employee Suicide
Content warning: the following contains mentions of suicide and sexual harassment. A family of an Activision employee who died by suicide is suing the company, claiming her death followed sexual harassment from a director she worked with as a finance manager. The Washington Post has seen the complaint and reports…
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Cian Maher Apr 10, 2020. 7 minute read
How Persona 5 Told a Classic Crime Story With a Metaphysical Twist
Persona 5 takes pains to remind you of two things every ten seconds: that you, as protagonist Joker, were expelled, and that you are a “prisoner of your own fate.” There’s dramatic irony imbued in the latter, in that most people in the game fail to realize that Joker is…
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Josh Brown Feb 21, 2020. 5 minute read
PUBG Mobile Season 11 Week 7 Challenges – Tips and Tricks
It feels like each PUBG Mobile season is shorter than the last. It’s nonsense, but it really does feel that way. Season 11 week 7 challenges are here, and they’re still not half bad. There’s an emote mission, but it’s one of those Greet/Thanks ones, so you don’t need to…
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Collin MacGregor Sep 21, 2020. 2 minute read
Black Ops Cold War Scorestreaks Guide – How Scorestreaks Work in CoD
Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War’s Alpha is is officially over on PlayStation 4, so it’s time to look at the what’s changed since Modern Warfare. While the foundation remains the same, Treyarch has made some notable changes to a plethora of mechanics. One of these is Scorestreaks, which…
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Vrai Kaiser Jul 9, 2019. 8 minute read
SARAZANMAI Imagines a Better Future for Queer Love Stories
“Is it love or desire?” This question winds its way through SARAZANMAI, the most recent work of famed anime director Kunihiko Ikuhara (Revolutionary Girl Utena). On its most basic level, the anime is the story of three teens who get turned into kappa and defeat monsters by pulling out their…
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Fernanda Prates May 6, 2021. 17 minute read
Van Damme’s Leading Men as MMA Fighters: Part Three
A few months ago, I decided to do the entire universe a favor. For several days and nights, I immersed myself into the chaotically limber world of Jean-Claude Van Damme in search of a simple answer: How would JCVD’s leading men — all of them charismatic, objective-driven and well-versed in…
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Sarah Kurchak Apr 13, 2020. 9 minute read
A Beginner’s Guide to Getting Into DDT
Recent converts can be the most zealous, and this is exactly how I am about Dramatic Dream Team. I’ve been aware of DDT for ages. If you hang out with art nerds who are into wrestling, the name’s bound to come up eventually. But I’ve only been subscribing to their…
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Joseph Anthony Montecillo May 3, 2022. 7 minute read
Imperfect, Broken Down, Occasionally Wonderful: Fanfyte’s Best of the Month, April 2022
While WrestleMania and the surrounding independent shows dominate April discussion most years, plenty of strong stuff comes out in the weeks that follow it. Anyone reading this has likely heard of all the usual suspects from this time — FTR vs. The Young Bucks, Minoru Suzuki vs. Samoa Joe, or…
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Jack Yarwood Apr 8, 2022. 8 minute read
Lost Memories in the Snow: The Forgotten Famicom Detective Club Sequel
When Nintendo announced that it was releasing remakes of the Famicom Detective Club games, it came as a bit of a surprise. The series about a fifteen-year-old boy solving murder mysteries around the Japanese countryside was never released in the West, with international players having to search out fan translations…
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Nerium Dec 12, 2018. 3 minute read
Smash Ultimate Sonic Guide – Moves, Outfits, Strengths, Weaknesses
Smash Ultimate doesn’t care about old rivalries — just the ones you make with your friends along the way. That must be why Nintendo includes Sonic, once a would-be competitor to the console platformer throne, in its latest crossover fighter. Hopefully this will give fans something to cling to when that bizarre-looking live-action…
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Collin MacGregor Jan 19, 2021. 5 minute read
Hitman 3 Silent Assassin Tips – 5 Tips For Always Getting 5 Stars
Hitman 3 is almost upon us, so dust off your suit and grab a fistful of coins because it’s time to hunt a new collection of targets. Similar to Hitman 2, players can play the entire trilogy in Hitman 3 along with carrying over your progression. Just like previous installments, players are awarded…
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Azha Reyes Mar 27, 2019. 5 minute read
Baccano! is a True Ensemble Story
I’ve always been fascinated by the idea that every character is the protagonist of their own story. In the best narratives, every person has their own motivations and perspective, a whole life that’s happening alongside the life of the main character. When done right, it adds depth and realism to…
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