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When is it time to stop? Call of Duty, Madden, and Just Dance don’t seem to get the memo. Other franchises like Dynasty Warriors and Monster Hunter are still going after stacks of sequels, but take long breaks so stagnation doesn’t set in. Other series like Assassin’s Creed and Guitar…
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The safest way to bring a grand console franchise to portable platforms is to water down its gameplay, visuals, and scope. A typical route for console action-adventure series is to make them portable side scrollers with a few mechanics pulled from the full-fledged experience. Batman: Arkham Origins Blackgate and…
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I’m embarrassed to mention this, but I went through this … short phase in my early teens where I was morbidly fascinated by violence. I remember watching movie scene compilations of gross-out gore with people dying in the most ludicrous or creative ways. Final Destination, Ghost Ship, Kill Bill, Saw…
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My youngest sister has a form of chronic encephalopathy. You could also call it periventricular leukomalacia. It has to do with white matter, which is the tissue between gray matter that bridges the brain’s various regions. When you absorb information, gray matter is essential to storing and making sense of…
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“Keep your politics out of my games,” some people will say. There’s no place for promoting ideologies and bashing others in entertainment. Besides, videogames are about escaping reality to shake off the burdens and chaos we sift through in our everyday lives, right? It’s one thing to complain when videogames…
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Delays are regretful yet reasonable expectations to have of ambitious video games. I recall anxiously anticipating Super Smash Bros. Brawl and roiling in agony each time it was pushed back. However, I had too much time on my hands since I was lamenting over two delays that only lasted three…
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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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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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