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2.1KInterview with Thunderworks Games — Making worlds twixt cardboard.
Thunderworks Games has a catalog with notably little repetition. Many publishers marshal a sizable chunk of their resources around successful titles and...
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2.6KRise of the Ronin final preview — Sharp and deadly
Rise of the Ronin is Team Ninja firing on all cylinders. It’s equal parts adventure, blisteringly-difficult combat timing, storytelling, and a dash...
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852.4KBandle Tale: A League of Legends Story Review – A party a day keeps the doctor away!
Who says that video games have to stress you out? There are plenty of reasons to play a game, even just for...
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908.6KXbox Victrix Pro BFG review — Simply the best
When Street Fighter 6 launched, I was looking for a gamepad that could function as a fightpad. I play on Xbox, and...
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3.0KVR Workouts — how augmented reality is changing exercise
Working out in VR is hardly new. Plenty of folks, including myself, have lost weight working out and playing in the virtual...
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7.6K95Elegoo Jupiter SE printer review — Large format printing sees a big improvement
I’ve been 3D printing for a few years at this point. It started with things like chip clips, replacement plastic parts, and...
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901.9KGamesir X2s Type-C Mobile Gaming Controller review — Do mobile gaming peripherals have a new king?
Mobile gaming is a difficult beast to tame. On the one hand, you have the “Do you not have phones?” saga that...
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1.5KNightingale first impressions – One more year in the oven
It’s maddening to think that games might take three, four, five, maybe even six years from the proof of concept phase to...
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1.2KLayoffs Ravage The Games Industry [Gaming Trend Podcast]
https://youtu.be/G4JARkjf2QM Layoffs continue to deplete the games industry. The crew discusses the implications of the layoffs, what it means for AAA games...
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802.2KBerserk Boy review — Flash of inspiration
Inspiration can strike at any time and the result can take many forms. Berserk Boy demonstrates those principles literally. This is a...
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901.9KAQUA review— Don’t submerge the tiles, I tried.
Spatial puzzle games have become intrinsic to the hobby. Ever since polyominoes caught fire with Patchwork, NMBR 9, and Feast for Odin,...
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702.3KPacific Drive Review – Steering the genre in a different direction!
Every few years, it seems like an indie developer comes in and attempts to shake things up in a genre. This time,...
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2.1KHands on with Demiplane’s Alien RPG Nexus
After spending a few years with various virtual tabletops and being less than impressed, my opinion started to turn early into the...
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901.9KHorticulture Review — Exploring a Garden’s Delights
Horticulture, designed by Nate & Jake Jenne and published by Last Night Games, is a flip and write game that challenges gamers...
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902.6KX-Table Mobile Height-Adjustable Desk review — Work where you want
Where we work has changed. A lot of folks now either work entirely from home or at the very least split their...
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1.7KKip, the developer behind Conrad Stevenson’s Paranormal P.I., reveals details of his new game, Among The Whispers – Provocations
D&A Studios developer, Kip, has announced a new game set to release this year, Among The Whispers - Provocations. The first game...
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703.3KSplatoon 3: Side Order review — Purple yellow red and blue
Something weird is happening in Inkopolis Square. Inklings and Octolings are spacing out and not coming back to reality. The Square is...
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752.2KPenny’s Big Breakaway review — A good first performance
Platformers are perhaps the purest genre of video games. It’s just you, the challenge the developers have set before you, and an...
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5.1KDying Light 2 Stay Human Reloaded Edition & Firearms Update impressions — How to make a single-player game explosive two years later
It's hard to make a video game. In our industry you see less and less people making it through a single release,...
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301.6KSpace Lion: Divide and Conquer review — Give me space, I need to lie down
It's hard to not love Air, Land & Sea and its mobile counterpart, Marvel Snap. Both have expanded upon the 2 player...
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1.8KJSAUX FlipGo multi-monitor solution is a productivity must-have — Kickstarter Preview
There’s a natural progression for screens. If you look at cell phones they started off very small and over time have become...
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701.5KSomething Wild! review — My first Rummy game
Something Wild! is a small box game from Funko that is reminiscent of a stripped down classic card game with some modern...
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2.0K70Skull & Bones review — Live Service Land Ho!
I was there when Skull & Bones was announced at E3 of 2017. I was there to go hands-on with the game...
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801.6KSea of Plunder review – A friendly game of pirate chess, anyone?
At the 2023 Origins Game Fair, I was able to meet a friendly board game creator named Rusty Lumpkin, owner of Three...
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751.8KMomodora: Moonlit Farewell review — Perfectly pleasant goodbye
Momodora: Moonlit Farwell is the video game equivalent of a mild Spring day. Entering its world feels both warm and familiar. Everything...
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801.4KCanopy review – Branch out, climb a tree, pet a monkey.
I play a lot of two player games these days. My wife and I are always looking for a good mid-week game...
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654.4KMagic: The Gathering Murders at Karlov Manor review — Is this set just killing time?
Back in December, a set called Khans of Tarkir made its way to Magic: The Gathering Arena. At the time, I thought...
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1.2KFinal Fantasy 7 Rebirth Review, Smart Water Bottles, Xbox Games to PS5 [Gaming Trend Podcast]
https://youtu.be/g_pUJvRgJDs We can't stop talking about Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth, and since David reviewed it, we talk about it some more. Xbox...
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1.2KDeck Builders: the mechanic, the genre, the games—Tabletop Throwdown S1E4
This week we dive into the genre of games known as DECK BUILDERS! Joins us as we go through as brief retrospective...
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2.1KHow Eric Power is reinventing a lost animation style
By looking deep into film history, Austin-based artist Eric Power found the template for a style of filmmaking unlike anything released in...
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801.3KDisney Animated review – The world is a carousel of color
In his time making films, Walt Disney did a lot to advance the world of animation. From using technicolor, layered animation cells,...
