Katelyn Lawlor
Katelyn is a self-titled queen of excitement. Whether for RPGs, gaming history, or stylish action, she's here to get hype and put it all to words.



This has been a really interesting game track since its reveal and release for Apple Arcade. Creator of Final Fantasy, Hironobu Sakaguchi, has helped birth one of the most beloved video game franchises of all time. Fantasian Neo Dimension is the reuniting of Final Fantasy’s IP owner, Square Enix,
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Tycoon games on the PC in the ’90s were everywhere. Hasbro Interactive and Atari pumped these games out like nobody’s business. If you were looking for business or management simulation games in the late 90s, Roller Coaster Tycoon gave you a creative twist that others couldn’t compete with.
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Garcia Hotspur and his girlfriend Paula are living a peaceful life. But the demons of hell have a vendetta against Garcia and kidnap Paula, taunting Garcia to enter the depths of the underworld to save her from Fleming, the Lord of Demons. Shadows of the Damned was somewhat of a
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Before I even talk about the game, I wanna tell you that when we were originally sent the code, I was excited but disappointed. The trailer was cool but playing the game originally felt sluggish, stuttering, unresponsive, and, frankly, bad. I had a whole review written up discussing the polish
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Persona 3 Reload was quite a success for Atlus. It broke series sales records when it launched in January, but the biggest question people had went unanswered. What happened to the epilogue? Why remake a game and not include all of the content? I had friends telling me directly they
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Alright everyone, come on. We all think we know what this is. It has to be lame, meme garbage, right? Absolutely not. This has been one of the most fun platformers I’ve played all year. What’s here is a bit jank, sometimes cheap feeling. It’s definitely that
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I was relatively positive in my PAX East and August Previews for Visions of Mana. Earlier this year I played two games that take themselves much more seriously: Final Fantasy 16 and Persona 3 Reload. Going to something simpler, perhaps even cozier, with Visions of Mana was nice. But as
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A few months ago, gaming researcher and historian Liam Robertson alongside DidYouKnowGaming just released a documentary on Vicarious Visions, Activision, and the rumored 3D Donkey Kong game. A nearly hour long deep dive detailing not just the project itself but what led to it and the downfall of Vicarious Visions
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