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Google Stadia review
Google Stadia is a technically impressive candy center covered in a whole lot of awful tasting chocolate.
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Gaming’s Pleasure Principle: How Virtual Worlds Make Our Creative Brains Come Alive
This is your brain. This is your brain on games.
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Remedy’s Control Is Actually a Cold War Thriller
Despite the contemporary setting, Remedy’s action-thriller feels thoroughly historical.
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Pokémon Sword & Shield review
Pokémon Sword and Pokémon Shield are among the best games the series has ever offered.
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Meet the Man Who Breaks Apart Your Favorite Games to Learn Their Secrets
Lance McDonald has found success on YouTube digging deep into P.T., Dark Souls, Bloodborne, and more.
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How a GameFAQs Board Became a Refuge for the Brokenhearted
There’s no ASCII walkthrough for love.
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New York Tango: How Finnish Music and Culture Define Control
Remedy’s latest may be set in the U.S., but its heart is half a world away.
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Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Is a Brutal and Disconcerting Portrayal of Combat
Just what is Infinity Ward trying to say?
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The Guilty Pleasures of Video Game Violence Are a Mirror for Our Consumerist Nightmare
In Hotline Miami, Katana Zero, My Friend Pedro, and real life, doing bad things is your fault—even when it isn’t.
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Call of Duty: Modern Warfare review
Shock and blah.
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Cyrille Imbert, the Man Who Brings Gaming’s Past Back to Life
The Dotemu CEO on the challenges and rewards of resurrecting old games and franchises.
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Death Stranding review
No matter what you end up thinking of it, Death Stranding is a work that can truly claim to be something different in a time of overwhelming sameness