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Review: Enter the Gungeon
Every once in a while you play a game that feels like gaming nirvana. The controls feel almost perfect. This is how I felt with Enter the Gungeon. The movement, the valuable dodge roll, and the volume of weapons the …
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Review: Firewatch
Following the fires in Yellowstone National Park in 1988 the amount of care taken to avoid more fires has been increased. More money is allocated to fire spotters and our protagonist Henry accepts a job in the forests of Wyoming …
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Review: King’s Quest: Rubble Without a Cause
King’s Quest: A Knight to Remember came as a big surprise to me this year. Even with no attachment to the series I found myself completely enthralled with its story and characters. I loved the fairy tale vibe I got …
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Review: Grow Home
I had seen promotional materials for Grow Home before its release. I felt some of the buzz, heard some hearsay, but since I don’t play games on my computer, I didn’t get a chance to try it out until it …
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Review: Beyond Eyes
In Beyond Eyes you play as Rae, a young girl who has lost her vision due to an accident. Rae can’t see, but she can hear and sense the world around her. While walking throughout the world, the area around …
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Review: Actual Sunlight
When first starting up Actual Sunlight, you are given a warning that the game “deals with extremely mature themes, including depression and thoughts of suicide.” New players should absolutely heed this warning, as it deals with some very serious tones. …
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Review: King’s Quest: A Knight to Remember
I have no experience with any of the previous King’s Quest games. Nothing to reflect on or be nostalgic about while playing The Odd Gentlemen’s new re-imagined version of King Graham’s story. Despite this I still found myself overwhelmed with …
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Review: The Vanishing of Ethan Carter
In the opening minutes of The Vanishing of Ethan Carter I came across a pair of legs that were completely torn from their owner. A trail of blood led me about twenty feet down a path where I then found …
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Review: The Fall
What makes The Fall so interesting is that it dives head first into an AI point-of-view and what it means to follow specific rules. (Is an AI faulty if it breaks a rule?) It demonstrates the struggle and sense of …
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Review: Pneuma: Breath of Life
Pneuma: Breath of Life is a video game. But does that make it less valid; less real? What is real? The game was created by real people who purposefully made its graphical aesthetic look realistic, so it must be real …
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Review: Enter the Gungeon
Every once in a while you play a game that feels like gaming nirvana. The controls feel almost perfect. This is how I felt with Enter the Gungeon. The movement, the valuable dodge roll, and the volume of weapons the …
+
Read More
Posted in - Reviews
Review: Firewatch
Following the fires in Yellowstone National Park in 1988 the amount of care taken to avoid more fires has been increased. More money is allocated to fire spotters and our protagonist Henry accepts a job in the forests of Wyoming …
+
Read More
Posted in - Reviews
Review: King’s Quest: Rubble Without a Cause
King’s Quest: A Knight to Remember came as a big surprise to me this year. Even with no attachment to the series I found myself completely enthralled with its story and characters. I loved the fairy tale vibe I got …
+
Read More
Posted in - Reviews
Review: Grow Home
I had seen promotional materials for Grow Home before its release. I felt some of the buzz, heard some hearsay, but since I don’t play games on my computer, I didn’t get a chance to try it out until it …
+
Read More
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Review: Beyond Eyes
In Beyond Eyes you play as Rae, a young girl who has lost her vision due to an accident. Rae can’t see, but she can hear and sense the world around her. While walking throughout the world, the area around …
+
Read More
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Review: Actual Sunlight
When first starting up Actual Sunlight, you are given a warning that the game “deals with extremely mature themes, including depression and thoughts of suicide.” New players should absolutely heed this warning, as it deals with some very serious tones. …
+
Read More
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Review: King’s Quest: A Knight to Remember
I have no experience with any of the previous King’s Quest games. Nothing to reflect on or be nostalgic about while playing The Odd Gentlemen’s new re-imagined version of King Graham’s story. Despite this I still found myself overwhelmed with …
+
Read More
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Review: The Vanishing of Ethan Carter
In the opening minutes of The Vanishing of Ethan Carter I came across a pair of legs that were completely torn from their owner. A trail of blood led me about twenty feet down a path where I then found …
+
Read More
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Review: The Fall
What makes The Fall so interesting is that it dives head first into an AI point-of-view and what it means to follow specific rules. (Is an AI faulty if it breaks a rule?) It demonstrates the struggle and sense of …
+
Read More
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Review: Pneuma: Breath of Life
Pneuma: Breath of Life is a video game. But does that make it less valid; less real? What is real? The game was created by real people who purposefully made its graphical aesthetic look realistic, so it must be real …
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