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Armikrog and the unfulfilled promise of claymation videogames
There’s something uniquely pleasing about claymation videogames, but you won’t find it in Armikrog
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All cyberpunk heads to Hong Kong eventually. Shadowrun does it right
Shadowrun Hong Kong’s Asian dystopia is no science fiction
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The Beginner’s Guide to the art of videogames
Wreden on Wreden isn’t perfect, but it raises questions with a clarity few games have dared.
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Design & punish: A review of Prison Architect
To punish less, but to punish better.
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Super Mario Maker, and the problem of reviewing a community
Nintendo’s community is subverting and reinventing the platformer.
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Lara Croft Go reminds us that Lara sometimes raids tombs
It just doesn’t want us to actually explore them
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Sleep your way through the layered worlds of Dream
An amusing—if flawed—game about grief and self-exploration.
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The Taken King is the weird, wandering sci-fi shooter Destiny dreamed of becoming
With The Taken King, Destiny remembers the power of narrative.
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A love letter to Persona 4, and the hellish servitude of its protagonists
Hey, look, a game you can play on the Vita.
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What is love in Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime?
Running a wacky Rube Goldberg machine fueled by the power of love.
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The disappointing conventions of Mad Max
Avalanche Studios fails to capture the spirit of George Miller’s films
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SOMA finds the horror inherent in glitch art
The hell of malfunctioning machinery in SOMA