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“Donut County” Is a Perfect Game For People Who Need a Break From Their Rage

I don’t need another anger hobby, I have Twitter. Give me easy games, bud. That’s what I want.

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Oct 15, 2018

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Don’t Let the Stick Figures Fool You, “West of Loathing” Is One of the Best RPGs I’ve Ever Played

“Maybe it’s my depression talking, but I think running errands is heroic.”

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Jul 31, 2018

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“Detroit: Become Human” Mines Familiar Social Justice Stories for Empathy and Fails Miserably

It’s a really pretty game, though, and there’s a very good dog.

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Jun 28, 2018

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“House Flipper” Gives You the Power to Live Your Wildest Real Estate Mogul Dreams

“It’s not even about fanciness or property ownership as much as it’s about imagining if my house could just be clean right now? It’s a powerful drug, let me tell…

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May 24, 2018

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You Should Play “NieR: Automata” if You Like Hot Androids, Cute Robots, or Nude Somebodies

The combat has a frenetic arcade-iness that makes me a little giddy even as I’m being chewed up by the robot dog that was for some reason built under the…

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Apr 26, 2018

Lists/Top 10s

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6 Video Games For Springtime’s Short Attention Spans

Hi hello and welcome to springtime, when the weather has no predictable pattern and neither does my attention span. Here are some games I’ve picked up for five minutes or…

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Mar 29, 2018

technology

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If You Love Brave Little Toasters and BB8 You’re Gonna Want To Play “Rumu”

This is a game about a vacuum that is not about vacuuming, and it’s a game about sadness that is not a sad game. I did cry at the end,…

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Mar 1, 2018

cats

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“Monster Hunter World” Gives Gay Gamers the Gift of Fighting Alongside Cat Companions

Even if I don’t especially want to kill the dinosaurs, who have been killed enough by now in my opinion, seeing Budgie whacking a T Rex in the face with…

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Feb 1, 2018

life is strange

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“Life Is Strange: Before the Storm” Episode Three Is Such a Frustrating End to Such a Beautiful Thing

“The question I asked after Episode One was always hovering, and it’s up to Episode Three to answer it: Is this story as doomed as it seems it has to…

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Jan 4, 2018

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“VA-11 Hall-A” Is A Good Gay Video Game For a Winter Murder Break

Jill has a crush on her boss, Dana, and, predictably, so do I. She also has an ex-girlfriend that’s a whole tropey plot of its own. There’s a gay biker…

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Dec 7, 2017

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“Dishonored: Death of the Outsider” Gives Us Another Queer Protagonist We Want to Go Stabbing and Drink a Beer With

It’s also just so great to see a major games developer consistently shrug off the idea that a protagonist has to be a white man somewhere between CW Love Interest…

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Nov 9, 2017

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Divinity: Original Sin 2 Is All About Adventures in Flirting and Murder

Today in this game I resisted the thrall of a spooky scarecrow, employed a phishing scam to talk my way through an enchanted door, rescued a chicken’s beloved egg from…

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Oct 12, 2017