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Pokémon Unite is a gateway MOBA with solitary joys
So far, the fun of Pokémon Unite is when you don’t unite. As I piloted a lone Greninja—a pink tongue wrapped around its neck…
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Steam Deck and the joy of unwieldy handhelds
The Steam Deck is a new handheld console made by Valve, coming out later this year, in December. Only, weighing 669 grams, at 29.8…
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Resident Evil: Infinite Darkness and strange pleasures of C.G.I. adaptations
Zombies in an airport. Fair enough. Resident Evil Degeneration, a feature-length C.G.I. action horror that came out in 2008, was, as far as I…
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NEO: The World Ends with You is about the failures of connection
Neo: The World Ends with You is set in Shibuya, one of Tokyo’s twenty-three special wards. It is more special than most. Its total…
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Sable is a surreal trip to desert, with hoverbikes
Compare two demos that drifted onto the Xbox on the same day: Lake, from developer Gamious, and Sable, from Shedworks—a studio of two people…
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Is Lake a peaceful getaway or a grind?
“I used to live here. Then I didn’t and… now I’m back.” So says Meredith Weiss, the heroine of Lake. She has taken two…
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TimeSplitters is back: How should we feel?
In video games, the biggest of deals take the strangest and most unlikely forms. The wise and weary souls at Nintendo, for example, must…
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Game Box Art Critique May: Biomutant, Subnautica: Below Zero, Mass Effect Legendary Edition
Each month, we invite élite art critic Braithwaite Merriweather to appraise the box art of the latest game releases. In between his time spent…
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Game Box Art Critique April: NieR Replicant ver.1.22474487139…, Returnal, New Pokémon Snap
Each month, we invite élite art critic Braithwaite Merriweather to appraise the box art of the latest game releases. In between his time spent…
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Super Mario Sunshine is still a dreamy masterwork
The water still looks good. More specifically, the water still looks like good graphics. Water, at the turn of the millenium, was the measurement…