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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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Like a Dragon and How Video Games Can Tell Stories in a Different Way Than Other Visual Mediums
NOTE: This is best read after playing Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name. I do not mark spoilers, so if you want to experience the end to the game yourself, I suggest you go play. When you sit down with a television show or movie, you give a commitment of time…
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Looking at The Self Doubt and Intrusive Voices of Alan Wake 2
Note: I tread very lightly on spoilers in this writeup, however I do discuss an endgame scenario, so if you wish to enter that segment of the game completely fresh I would visit this piece after finishing the game. Last year, a lot of praise was circulating around over the movie Puss in Boots: The…
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Sea of Stars: The Best Game You Played as a Child That Released in 2023
When I was in middle school, I have vivid memories of playing Chrono Trigger. I rented it from my local video store, a poor man’s family video. It even had a tanning bed, as was the style at the time. I sat in front of my grandmother’s mid-size CRT television and was amazed at just…
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