Category: Video Games
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My Impressions of Street Fighter 6: A New Era of Fighting Games
Accessibility. Single-player content. Casual appeal. These are three core tenants necessary for the success of a fighting game. Yet they’re three things that most modern fighting games struggle with. Most of them focus purely on their more competitive players. Some just settle for making a decent combat system, then adding characters until the season passes…
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My Current Impressions of The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
Following up Breath of the Wild was never going to be easy. Even six years later, that game is still the center of a good amount of attention. How do you make a sequel to one of the most ground-breaking and beloved games of the decade? Well, you do the same thing again, but you…
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Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake is Two Steps Forward, Two Steps Back
Just one more game, then we can talk about the Metal Gear games people actually know again. Just gotta survive another trip into the jungle. When a scientist capable of ending a global energy crisis is kidnapped, and his findings used to hold the world at ransom, Solid Snake is sent in to rescue him.…
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Why the Legend of Zelda is Still the Best Adventure Game Franchise
Hey Nintendo, could you not be evil for a little bit? I’m trying to celebrate your games here. Put the copyright hammer away. Wonder. Danger. Discovery. Terror. These are just four of the core tenants that make for a thrilling adventure. Sound familiar? When it comes to adventure, no video game franchise does it quite…
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Metal Gear: Before The Series Was Solid
I want to go straight into Metal Gear Solid. But it wouldn’t be a proper Metal Gear marathon if I didn’t play the first game. And no, MGS is not the first one. It’s the third. Question is: is the first game in the series worth remembering? Or should you just do what most people…
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