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Shenmue: A Flawed Gem
Shenmue does a better job of making me feel like part of a world than most games do even today. In Shenmue, you need to talk with people, you need to manage schedules and you need to keep track of clues. The world has its own time system. You wake up at 8:30 and you…
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Final Fantasy: Mystic Quest: Another Side, Another Story
A thorough glance at the first true spinoff entry of the Final Fantasy franchise
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The Best Sort of Sendoff
Note: This article contains spoilers for Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth. For reference, I am in Chapter 10 of the game right now, so this won’t contain end-game spoilers. This is instead a look at what happens in the “Memoirs of a Dragon” portion of the game. It’s risky writing this before I finish playing,…
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No Items. Fox Only. Final Destination: A Mario Superstar Baseball Story
Nintendo multiplayer games love their gimmicks. It’s a frustrating trend of theirs because often times the core mechanics of those games are really solid but if you play the way you’re ‘supposed to,’ those gimmicks can really bog you down. Like imagine you’re playing a game of basketball and all of a sudden some guy…
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Mortal Kombat 1’s Story is Embarrassing
NOTE: I will be spoiling the Mortal Kombat 1 story mode, I’m not giving warnings after this. If you want to see it for yourself, please do so before reading this. Mortal Kombat 9 is one of my favorite stories in a video game. It takes the outline of the first three Mortal Kombat games…
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