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Disco Elysium - Review | A New Standard for Role-Playing Games
Disco Elysium is a role-playing adventure game from 2019 that takes heavy influence from isometric, point-and-click classics like Planescape: Torment and others of its ilk, but with a major twist being...
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Ranking My Most/Least Favorite Quests in Disco Elysium
Disco Elysium is one of the most engaging RPGs I've played in a long time. This is in large part due to its unique take on role-playing through social skills and an abundance of stat checks that...
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Beginner's Guide to Disco Elysium
Disco Elysium is a unique sort of role-playing game, in that it doesn't play like other typical sorts of RPGs. With a gameplay system based around a much more abstract set of social skills, no combat...
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SOMA - 10th Anniversary Retrospective
Note: SOMA is best enjoyed going into it completely blind. This review has minor spoilers for certain story elements and specific moments, but does not spoil any major twists or outcomes. I have also...
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The Chronicles of Myrtana: Archolos - Review
The Chronicles of Myrtana: Archolos is an open-world action-adventure role-playing game, based on the popular Gothic series, which was originally developed by Piranha Bytes in the early 2000s. As a...
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No One Lives Forever: Review + Full Series Retrospective (Replay)
Note: I had previously reviewed the full series back in 2016; you can read the original review here. This review is an updated version that's been largely re-written with updated and expanded thoughts,...
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Slay the Spire - Review 2025 | Why is this game so addicting?
Slay the Spire is a deck-building roguelike card game in the style of a turn-based dungeon-crawler, in which you choose one of four characters and try to ascend through a series of increasingly...
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Ranking My Most/Least Favorite Quests in The Chronicles of Myrtana: Archolos
One of the most truly impressive things about The Chronicles of Myrtana: Archolos is just how much total content is crammed into the game, with a lot of it being really high quality and entertaining....
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Gothic Remake "Nyras Prologue" - Feedback + Review
Alkimia Interactive and THQ Nordic, the companies behind the Gothic Remake, have finally released a new playable demo to the general public as part of Steam's Next Fest 2025. The "Nyras Prologue" as...
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Elden Ring - Review | How good is the open world, really?
Elden Ring is the latest "Soulsborne" style of action-role-playing-game by developer FromSoftware, who launched this sub-genre back in 2009 with Demon's Souls on the PS3. The emphasis of this series,...
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Star Trek: Resurgence - Review | Some of the best Trek in DECADES...
Star Trek: Resurgence is a story-driven adventure game by Dramatic Labs, a studio created recently by former Telltale developers who wanted to carry on the tradition of games they were previously known...
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Stardew Valley - 2024 Review | Why is this game so good?
Note: This review contains very mild spoilers for seasonal events, end-game content, and unlocked gameplay systems, but does not spoil any major character arcs or story events. I don't consider...
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The Witcher 3 - Review | The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly (Updated v1.1)
Note: This article is an updated version of my previous review from 2016, with extra sections and edits from my recent replay. You can view the original article here, or watch this article in video...
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Beginner's Guide to Elex: Tips and Advice (Updated Ver 1.1)
(Note: This article is an updated version of an article I posted in November 2017, with extra tips and a full embedded video of this article.)Helping you get the most enjoyment out of Elex's sometimes...
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Horizon Zero Dawn - Great Ideas, Boring Open-World
Horizon: Zero Dawn is an open-world action-adventure game with RPG elements, set in a post-apocalyptic future after a cataclysmic event wipes out virtually all life on the planet, leaving humanity to...
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Until Dawn - Review | A Uniquely Chilling Horror Experience
Note: Until Dawn is best enjoyed going into it completely blind. This review has minor spoilers for specific situations and outcomes but does not spoil any main plot elements or twists.Until Dawn is a...
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Gothic Remake Playable Teaser - Feedback and Review
In a surprise news release that seemingly no one saw coming, THQ Nordic announced that they're looking to remake the original Gothic, and released a lengthy demo (or as they call it, a "playable...
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Metroid: Samus Returns - Classic 2D Gameplay with a Modern Finish
Metroid is one of Nintendo's most iconic and long-running series, though its releases have been somewhat sporadic over the decades, with frequent gaps between major installments and with development...
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Risen - Review | A 10-Year Retrospective
Risen is a fantasy-themed open-world action-RPG by Piranha Bytes, a small German studio who were previously responsible for the first three Gothic games -- the first two of which are some of the best...
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Link's Awakening: A 25+ Year Retrospective
The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening was originally released in 1993, and I vividly remember playing Link's Awakening on that bulky, unlit, green-screened Game Boy while sitting in church and on long...
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