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merritt k Jul 13, 2022. 2 minute read
The Metal Gear Series Would Have Been 35 Years Old Today
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Steven Nguyen Scaife Aug 3, 2022. 3 minute read
The Best Games You Aren’t Playing: Mothmen 1966 and More
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Mike Williams Aug 3, 2022. 7 minute read
Batgirl’s Cancellation Illustrates Warner Bros. Discovery’s Current Culture of Cost-Cutting
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Marloes Valentina Stella Aug 4, 2022. 5 minute read
MultiVersus Harley Quinn Guide – Combos, Best Perks, Skins, Tips
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Jenny Zheng Jul 29, 2022. 9 minute read
For Disabled FFXIV Players, Mods are a Necessity for Accessibility
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Dylan Roth Aug 3, 2022. 5 minute read
‘Bullet Train’ Review: Hyperverbal and Hyperviolent
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Nerium Aug 2, 2022. 9 minute read
Warframe Argon Farm 2022 Guide – Farming Locations, Tips & Tricks
READ MORE >Lotus Jul 28, 2022. 2 minute read
Everything You Need To Know About Player Reporting In Minecraft
Even those totally removed from the Minecraft social scene may have spotted #SaveMinecraft slowly climbing up Twitter’s trending topics. Unlike the recent #SaveTF2 campaign, this hashtag asks for less involvement from Minecraft developer Mojang, not more. Earlier this year, Mojang announced their plans to create an official, in-game reporting system…
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Michael Higham Jul 28, 2022. 5 minute read
FFXIV Patch 6.2 Special Site is Live, Reveals Lahabrea as Hot
You know things are heating up for Final Fantasy XIV when a new special site for a patch goes up. With FFXIV 6.2 – “Buried Memory” right around the corner, the official patch website went live outlining all the new content on the way. It will be updated with additional information…
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Aurora Brainsky-Roth Jul 27, 2022. 5 minute read
This is the World We Created: Baroque and Poetic Form
This month saw the release of a fan translation patch for the Playstation version of the 1998 Sega Saturn roguelike action RPG Baroque: Yuganda Mousou [Distorted Delusions], developed by Sting (best known for the Dept. Heaven series) and previously only available in English in the form of a 2007 remake…
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merritt k Jul 12, 2021. 2 minute read
‘Mars First Logistics’ is All About a Little Guy Hauling Around
Ian MacLarty is one of my favorite independent game designers working today. His games range from twitchy action titles like Boson X to works which are more like playful, fascinating experiences than games, such as The Catacombs of Solaris. And so, when I heard he was making an open-world simulation…
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Matteo Lupetti Dec 15, 2019. 6 minute read
Bicycling After the End of the World
Post-apocalyptic scenarios are everywhere in media. I’m sure you know the whole song and dance by now: zombies and the walking dead roam the earth, there’s no more room in hell, humanity fights for its survival and splits into small communities, lone heroes bring people together and travel across all…
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Michael Higham Jul 29, 2022. 3 minute read
FFXIV 6.2 Live Letter Part 2 on August 12; Here’s What We’ll See
Patch 6.2 “Buried Memory” is the upcoming content update for Final Fantasy XIV, and it feels like we’ve covered it all at this point. Well, there’s a whole lot more we’ve yet to see. That’s why we’re getting a second Live Letter from the Producer to cover the rest of…
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Robert Rath Jun 23, 2016. 9 minute read
The ballistic politics of Hideo Kojima
How the history of Japan's post-war peace movements can help us understand Kojima's older games-- and maybe Death Stranding, too.
READ MORE >Kenneth Shepard Dec 29, 2019. 4 minute read
My New Year’s Resolution is to Let Fewer Games Waste My Time
I know a lot of people who have gaming-related New Year’s resolutions, and usually that means they want to beat a certain number of games in a year, or they want to reach certain milestones in specific ones. But in the final weeks of 2019, I’ve realized I want to…
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John Warren May 31, 2019. Less than a minute
Bytedown 5/31/2019: Organize Your Backlog
This is the second episode of Bytedown! Yeah! We named it something different now! So what? We’re enjoying making these to wrap up the news week. Those weeks are getting wilder thanks to E3. Stay tuned next week for merritt k and Steven Strom IN THE HOUSE. So excited. See…
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Kenneth Shepard Apr 15, 2022. 1 minute read
Everyone Remain Calm, Kojima Productions Hasn’t Been Acquired by Sony
Between Bungie and Activision-Blizzard acquisitions, Sony and Microsoft are buying up studios left and right. Consolidation seems to be a go-to strategy for console creators right now, so everyone’s a little one edge as we wait to see what PlayStation or Xbox might be swallowing whole this year. All that…
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podcast bot May 23, 2022. 1 minute read
Playdate Roundtable with Fūnk-é Joseph and Paul Tamayo!
This week, John hosts a roundtable discussion with featured contributor Fūnk-é Joseph & podcast producer Paul Tamayo about the Playdate! We think it harkens back to a better era of handheld gaming, but you should listen to hear why. John also catches you up with the biggest news of the…
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Geoffrey Bunting Jul 29, 2022. 5 minute read
Ranking Mystery Games by How Much Detective Work You Actually Get To Do
I possess a curious talent. Sit me in front of a thriller, and I’ll tell you how it ends. It doesn’t take long; a quarter of the way in, maybe, and I’ll know who the killer is, who’s lying, who’s having an affair with whom. It’s a curse, really. Clearly,…
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