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How to Quit the Content Treadmill in 9 Easy Steps

By Colin MunchDecember 9, 2023

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Final Fantasy XVI Completely Misses the Point of Game of Thrones

August 17, 2023

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Diablo IV Wants to Be Elevated Horror, but Its Gameplay Won’t Allow It

July 3, 2023

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Jedi: Survivor Is About Living with Trauma

June 5, 2023

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Jedi: Fallen Order Is Still Top-Tier Star Wars

April 24, 2023

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With The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom and Skyview Towers, Nintendo has perfected the familiar mechanic of Ubisoft towers.

Movies & TV

How to Quit the Content Treadmill in 9 Easy Steps

By Colin MunchDecember 9, 2023

Final Fantasy XVI (FF16) completely misses the point with its Game of Thrones inspirations, with such a shallow narrative.

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Final Fantasy XVI Completely Misses the Point of Game of Thrones

By Colin MunchAugust 17, 2023

It feels like the art direction at Blizzard Entertainment has ambitions of elevated horror for Diablo IV, but the gameplay will not allow it.

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Diablo IV Wants to Be Elevated Horror, but Its Gameplay Won’t Allow It

By Colin MunchJuly 3, 2023

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Jedi: Survivor Is About Living with Trauma

By Colin MunchJune 5, 2023

Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order is top-tier Star Wars with strong story and gameplay despite imperfections and Kashyyyk double-sided lightsaber narrative weirdness

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Jedi: Fallen Order Is Still Top-Tier Star Wars

By Colin MunchApril 24, 2023

Resident Evil 4 Remake Perfectly Balances Serious and Silly in narrative and action at Capcom like a good Hollywood blockbuster

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Resident Evil 4 Remake Perfectly Balances Serious and Silly

By Colin MunchApril 10, 2023

best Zelda is the one you played first, as each game remixes the same characters and items and themes in new ways / The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker HD A Link to the Past BotW Breath of the Wild Ocarina of Time

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The Best Zelda Is the One You Played First

By Colin MunchMarch 27, 2023

how to improve quality of future video game movie TV adaptations to the level of The Last of Us HBO - Metal Gear Solid film Horizon Zero Dawn Netflix Duke Nukem

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How More Video Game Adaptations Can Succeed Like The Last of Us Did

By Colin MunchMarch 13, 2023

The Last of Us HBO evolves evolution adaptation video game to TV live action movie by virtue of being good

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The Last of Us Evolves Video Game Adaptation

By Colin MunchFebruary 20, 2023