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Preview – The Drifter
For a genre that supposedly died in the ‘90s, the point-and-click adventure genre is pretty lively. Even adjacent adventure formulas have been getting a lot of love. It’s to the point where there’s so many, and it’s such a niche genre, that I experience choice paralysis and wind up playing nothing. But I liked what The Drifter was putting down,…
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Review – Four Last Things
I’m more of a modern art appreciator. People being good at, like, depicting nature and stuff is cool and all, but it’s the weird stuff that speaks to my soul. I’m sorry if you thought I was sophisticated and that shatters the illusion. So, someone hacking up some renaissance paintings and gluing them back together like a ransom note is…
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Interview – The unabridged Cosmo D discussion
I did a professional-like summary of my interview with Cosmo D. Real professional, like something you’d read in Time Magazine. Not that I read Time Magazine, so I actually have no idea what their interviews are like. But maybe that wasn’t enough for you. Maybe you’re curious about everything that Cosmo D said to me. I’m not going to give…
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Interview – Cosmo D talks pizza and the cheese in the trunk (abridged)
Having played through and reviewed Cosmo D’s whole catalogue, I thought the appropriate place to cap it off would be to talk to the man himself. If you haven’t checked the coverage out, you can find them here: Off-PeakThe Norwood SuiteTales from Off-Peak City Vol 1.Betrayal at Club LowMove of the Diamond Hand It was pretty easy to come up…
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Review – WCW vs. nWo: World Tour
I've been watching old WCW, usually in another window while I write. If nothing else, it adds a lot of context to AKI's first two N64 wrestling games. Now I know who all these muscular people are.
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Review – Super Technos World: River City & Technos Arcade Classics
I hate the name because I can never remember the whole thing, but I’ve said before that Double Dragon & Kunio-kun: Retro Brawler Bundle is one of the most important retro collections to be released in North America in recent years. If you’re reading this and haven’t played it, you should. We got a few of the Nekketsu/Kunio-Kun/Downtown/River City games…
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F*ck GAMEPLAY or F*CK Gameplay? Let’s have both!
Sex and gameplay have a lot in common. They are both interactive, expressive, and, hopefully, fun. But a lot of people take one, or both activities, way too seriously. Being bad at either can cause people to feel intense shame, and to risk rejection from the ones they love. For some, having a dropped connection while French kissing or playing…
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How Hi Score Girl helped me survive having my dreams crushed
I wouldn't complain about it to a paramedic, but working under Gamurs was awful. During that hopeless time, I was afraid of losing my passion for video games. Hi Score Girl helped me keep it alive.
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Review – Suikoden I HD
I have no nostalgia for Suikoden. I grew up hearing it was a good game (or, really, its sequel), so I was very intrigued at the idea of jumping into an HD remaster. The Suikoden games have quite the legacy behind them (even more so if you follow Aidan Moher on social media), but I never knew how much of…
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Review – Farming Simulator 16-Bit Edition
New games on old consoles will probably always be exciting to me. Old consoles all have their unique strengths and weaknesses, and seeing developers navigate them is interesting. I wish the big, veteran publishers would get in on it. New Nintendo games on old Nintendo consoles? Gimme. Farming Simulator 16-Bit Edition is interesting to me now that it’s actually on…
