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The Best Free Games on the Nintendo Switch
So you got yourself a new Nintendo Switch. You probably got yourself one of those must-have exclusives to get you started, like The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, or Super Mario Odyssey, or one of the two Pokémon: Let’s Go games. You’re probably broke by this point. I don’t blame you. A new…
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The Backlog: ‘Dark Souls Remastered’ is Kicking my Ass, But I’m Not Alone
Welcome to The Backlog, where I’ll play old games that I’ve missed. Enjoy reading about this scrub getting game overs repeatedly as I complain about archaic game design or something like that. This time, I’ll be talking about Hidetaka Miyazaki’s 2011 masterpiece, Dark Souls. Ever since it was announced for the Nintendo Switch, I was both…
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A Roguelite Trifecta: How Three Games Use Randomness Differently
Procedurally generated levels? Permadeath? Losing everything and restarting from scratch? Roguelikes have a reputation for being complex and tedious, and I can’t disagree. Playing a few hours of a roguelike, getting near the end, and losing everything sucks. Any progress you’ve made can’t carry over to the next run, and you’ll end up stumbling through…
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The Backlog: Resident Evil Revelations 1 & 2 Review
I missed a lot of Resident Evil. I’ve played through Resident Evil 2 and Nemesis, but I fell off the series during my long gaming hiatus. Now that I can catch up on a lot of gaming-related things, of course I’d pick up one of my favorite franchises. Even though I know that the Resident Evil…
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What’s On My Gaming List? (Late 2018)
I may have gone overboard with my gaming purchases last year. I was caught up in the wave of hype and the desire to catch up on gaming has led me to make a few… financially unsound purchases. So for the rest of the year, I’m limiting myself to just six more big full-priced Nintendo…
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Nintendo’s 2018 E3 Direct is Almost Here. Time for Baseless Speculation!
With the Nintendo Switch selling like crazy and every other game company on earth trying to get into the battle royale hype, we’re interested to see what Nintendo, the company that sees industry trends and does the exact opposite, has in store for us this E3 2018. So in the lead up to E3, this image…
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4 Noteworthy Comics Series Outside of Marvel and DC
Marvel and DC characters are featured through various forms of media these days, thanks to the success of 21st century superhero movies. They have permeated mainstream consciousness, and compared to decades ago, it’s easy to find fellow comics fans. The two comic book behemoths have done an incredible job of introducing the medium to a…
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Why ‘Resident Evil 7’ for the Nintendo Switch Might be a Bad Idea
This week, in the middle of me laughing at utterly ridiculous E3 leaks and waiting for actual legitimate news for the rest of Nintendo’s 2018 slate to drop, I encountered something that made me happy for a good thirty seconds. Well, until I realized what that piece of news meant and I ended up getting…
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Don’t Miss These Indie Games for the Nintendo Switch!
While we’re waiting for this year’s E3, Nintendo is keeping their cards close to their chest. Which means that they’re keeping mum on their upcoming games for the rest of 2018. So if you’re for news on Super Smash Bros., the new Pokémon, Metroid Prime 4, or Yoshi if you’re really into that, we’re going…
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I Have a Few Theories on Where The Soul Stone is in ‘Avengers: Infinity War’
In a few weeks, we’ll see Avengers: Infinity War, the epic conclusion to a storyline started back in 2012 in the original Avengers. We know that all this time Thanos has been quietly pulling strings, trying to collect all six Infinity Stones so he can eliminate half of the entire universe’s life. All to get…