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Article, Paste Posted onOctober 30, 2017March 8, 2018

Battlegrounds’ Uneasy Proximity to Military Simulators

I’m lying prone on a hill overlooking one of the many ramshackle towns that dot the island map of PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds. Nestled against a nearby tree, […] Read More

Article, Paste Posted onJuly 26, 2017March 8, 2018

7 Questions We Have About the Lore of Arms

Nintendo’s Arms is a game about punching opponents with cartoonish, springy appendages where regular, non-extendable arms would normally go. In it, neon emblazoned characters duke it out […] Read More

Article, Paste Posted onJuly 6, 2017March 8, 2018

5 Movie Aliens That Probably Inspired Prey’s Monsters

Prey’s Typhon monsters are seriously creepy. Whether it’s a run-in with a duplicitous mimic, a stalking phantom or those eerie, confounding telepaths, you’re likely to […] Read More

Article, Paste Posted onApril 27, 2017March 8, 2018

Bungie Has a Crucible Problem in Destiny’s Multiplayer

Bungie, by presenting a narrative paint-job for Destiny’s multiplayer, takes a departure from its previous first-person shooters. It marries its main storyline – about a humanity […] Read More

Article, Paste Posted onMarch 14, 2017March 8, 2018

Dishonored 2 Transforms the Liminal Space of Elevators into Dynamic Devices

During a recent session playing Arkane’s Dishonored 2 I found myself stuffed into the attic crawl space of the Addermire Institute with my dead lover’s heart in my […] Read More

Article, Paste Posted onDecember 8, 2016March 8, 2018

Mass Effect, Arrival and Social Responsibility in Sci-Fi

Science fiction works best when it uses fantastic worlds to comment on our real one. Paul Verhoeven’s dystopic run of films in the 1980s were […] Read More

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