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Metroid Dread’s Delicate Dance
In Kurt Vonnegut’s “Cat’s Cradle,” the semi-satirical religion of Bokonism hits a bit too close to the bone. Vonnegut invented words to encapsulate terms and situations, much in the way some Japanese says too much in one word for a simple English translation. One of those terms is sinookas – the way our lives intertwine… (Cont.)
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The Peculiar Computing of a Pandemic
Being mostly a Nintendo gamer, it’s been an odd time, watching the Switch’s success get put into overdrive-on-Pixie-Sticks-and-amphetamines through the pandemic. It’s been a sort of heat-check for Kyoto – “Hey, think we can get away with making Animal Crossing the marquee release for a year?” Maybe not in years past, but plagues make people… (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.)
