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Astro’s Playroom Reminded Me that New Hardware Can Be Wonderful
In anticipation of Astro Bot, let’s look at how Astro’s Playroom brought back the feelings of a bygone era.
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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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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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