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reviews published from 2010 to 2018.
If you’re meeting a potential client or applying for a pivotal job, you’ve probably had someone tell you there are no second chances for a first impression. It’s one of those canned adages we roll our eyes at, but sometimes the most prominent clichés never lose their relevance. Anyone can…
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Video games that become cult hits are called that for a reason. They may aim for a narrow audience or be riddled with flaws that can’t be ignored, but they’re saved by excelling in certain areas with innovative, eccentric ideas that rare few games can boast. Deadly Premonition, Catherine, American…
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Remedy Entertainment is known for taking its time with video game development, and Quantum Break is not an exception in breaking this reputation. Having released the wonderfully bizarre Alan Wake in 2010, the Xbox One exclusive (well, sort of) has a lot to live up to, particularly in the storytelling…
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I’m not prone to become engrossed in video games these days. Sure, I’ll fawn over the likes of Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain and DOOM while I’m playing them because they’ve earned my attention, but I don’t continue to invest in them or actively proclaim their greatness once…
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There can be a subtle difference between “bad” and “disappointing.” People like to conflate the two words, but whenever the former encapsulates something for me, it’s usually said with no holds barred. A video game that’s bad simply doesn’t receive any sympathy from me, which usually contains flawed design, generic…
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You know that amazing moment when something just clicks? If you’re a writer, it’s like when you’ve finally figured out the perfect points to bolster your article’s topic. If you’re an artist, it’s the moment when you’ve discovered another artist or a stylistic concept that will help guide and shape…
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You know who Hideo Kojima is, and let me tell you, he’s always been enthralled by cinema. It blatantly reflects in his philosophy as a video game developer, whether it be using characters’ names from 2001: A Space Odyssey, including lines from 1984, being directly inspired by character designs in…
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There’s a multitude of “must-see” movies that I haven’t watched yet. To Kill a Mockingbird, Predator, The Godfather, Back to the Future…my shameful list goes on and on until you’d realize I really haven’t set aside time for classics like these. Part of that comes from my free time being…
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2014 was an interesting year for horror games. Dying Light, Five Nights at Freddy’s, and several indie titles were pretty big highlights, but surprises like Alien: Isolation and P.T. were unexpected in how they seemed to buck the recent trend of “actionizing” this genre by reintroducing old school mechanics and/or…
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This review was originally published as a user review on Game Informer. Here Lies Order in Disorder There’s this thing about the loud voices of gamers: If you listen to what they say about any given video game without delving deeper into what might really be going on with something,…
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