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Video hosted by Steve Heller The day after the announcement of El Paso, Elsewhere, Strange Scaffold’s newest title that hits particularly hard for the studio lead, I sat down with Xalavier Nelson Jr. to talk about their career. In my mind I had a picture of the interview really
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Video hosted by Steve Heller Imagine Rocket Raccoon from Guardians of the Galaxy inside of James Cameron’s Avatar, with a touch of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie… You know, the good one. And you get BIOMUTANT, a sprawling open-world RPG that casts you on a quest to save
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Written and hosted by Steve Heller. In a world where every game is a deckbuilding Roguelike, creating something truly unique is no easy feat. Ground Shatter’s Fights in Tight Spaces is a turn-based tactical card game that takes the blueprint of other Roguelike card battlers, and lets the actions
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Social deduction games have long been a favorite of mine. Ever since I played The Ship at a LAN back in 2006, I was hooked on the idea of playing with people in a more social context than shooting baddies, or ticking down flags in Day of Defeat. Since then
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Written and hosted by Steve Heller When I think of indie platformers, more often than not it’s the tough as nails 2D offerings. Dustforce is one of my favorites, I owe my career to the anger-inducing levels in Super Meat Boy, and more recently Celeste has cemented itself as
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Written by Rinoa Carmichael Games are a big medium. It’s impossible to know every game, follow every format, genre, region, and so naturally we are all going to fall into blind spots. This is natural and fine in a general sense. However, mobile gaming has often existed in a
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Video hosted by Steve Heller I was pretty excited for Ashwalkers, a new narrative-focused survival adventure that takes place in a volcanic wasteland. Unfortunately it was was devoid of meaning, leaving a bad taste in my mouth at the end of my first, and only run of the supposedly repeatable
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Written and photographed by Drew Taylor You paint the heavens with your fingertip, connecting stars into unnamed constellations until you find one that you like. The stars always shine brighter with you. We’re lying on our backs in the tall grass, side by side. Our heads are gently touching.
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Written by Rinoa Carmichael Wild Arms XF* has the best job system in gaming. *XF is pronounced CrossFire. Since inception, classes have been a core part of RPG systems. Classes create defined roles and growth for characters helping everyone feel different and unique. However, almost as soon as classes came
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Written and hosted by Steve Heller When I booted up Everhood I was expecting a light and quirky adventure, filled with memorable characters, a danceable soundtrack, and some feel good moments. I was wrong. I was very, very…. wrong. Everhood bills itself as an unconventional adventure RPG, and I definitely
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Written and photographed by Drew Taylor The shallow water smacks impatiently against the side of the boat in a language thick with meaning: Shlap. Shlap. Shlap. You say you don’t want to go (don’t leave me), but I’m already on the island; the long, flat grass brushing
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Written and hosted by Steve Heller I’m one of those weirdos who never really played Mega Man. Despite growing up playing games before I could even talk, the little android man and I never really crossed paths in over thirty years of gaming adventures. In fact, most of what