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Splatoon on WiiU was all I wanted a shooter to be.
You had to be there. Almost a decade ago, on a dead-man-walking console, no one was expecting the most fun shooter of modern times. That it was created by a developer who not only hadn’t ever cracked the shooter code, but didn’t really seem interested in doing so? Preposterous. It’s easy to forget now just… (Cont.)
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Tears of the Kingdom should be impossible. Reviewing it is.
Every time I sit down to write about Tears of the Kingdom, the game either subtly morphs on me, or my opinion shifts from a new discovery. It’s a maddening piece of software. It shouldn’t work, but does. I shouldn’t be so invested in it, but I am. This shouldn’t be the greatest game ever… (Cont.)
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Never meet your heroes. I had avoided it, but not because I had thought it would let me down. No, I knew Symphony of the Night would be interesting. Games… (Cont.)
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There you are, sitting at the edge of a cliff, the cherry blossoms freshly in bloom. You should know – you brought them back to life. The mountainous terrain is… (Cont.)
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You know how this works. You grab from both sides, then gently tug at the bag. Its previously sealed top opens like the pursed lips of some drunk, whose breath… (Cont.)
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“Metroidvania” is a bit of a misguided portmanteau. Distill the essence, and you fundamentally have “Super Metroid, but (fill in the blank).” -Symphony of the Night is “Super Metroid, but… (Cont.)
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Two years ago, I met a friend. It was kind of surreal. I’d known them for years up to that point, but it’s always a little bit of a jolt… (Cont.)
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Gaming gave me a sedative for loneliness during my youth, keeping me from ever getting desperate enough to seek normal friendships and ask girls out on dates. The few times… (Cont.)
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Hello everyone, We don’t know if you know, but Discord is a revelation for gamers. This writer didn’t know this himself, until he got curious about the Discord communities for… (Cont.)
