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Why We Love Metroidvanias
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Why We Love Metroidvanias

A month or so back as I was loading up my Nintendo Switch with games to play during a much needed vacation to visit my parents in Florida, I took a chance on a little indie title called Hollow Knight. It was lowest on my priority list between Captain Toad’s Treasure Tracker, which I figured my daughter and I could play together, and Donkey Kong: Tropical Freeze. I’d heard good things about this moody Metroidvania and I figured I might want something more bitesized to fool with on the plane. This all went down about a week or so before departure. 

Sabrina "Boo" Stewart ·
The Maestros - Preview (PC)
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The Maestros - Preview (PC)

Did you spend a large chunk of your childhood pillaging human villages with your hordes of Orc's in World of Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness? Do you have little or no experience with anything resembling a modern MOBA? If you've answered yes to both of these questions, then you're probably me. There probably aren't a ton of you out there like me - most have at least dabbled in the multiplayer online battle arena genre at least somewhat in the last decade. How could you not? This is a style of video game that has exploded in popularity and many could argue single-handedly created and fueled the fire that is the world of E-Sports.

Dave Lambden ·
Mario Kart GP VR is a dream come true
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Mario Kart GP VR is a dream come true

Last year, Japan got the very first Nintendo VR game for arcades, Mario Kart GP VR. Just like the other Mario Kart arcade games, Bandai Namco developed this as well, but for their "VR Zone" arcades. Until earlier this month, there was no place to play it outside of Japan. Bandai Namco has opened a "VR Zone Portal" in the food court of Union Station in Washington D.C., a bit of an odd place for its US debut. After eating lunch at Chick Fil A mere feet away from the pop-up, I dove in.

Dustin Furman ·
The Video Games Monsters That Scare Us Most
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The Video Games Monsters That Scare Us Most

Videos games can be terrifying in ways that films and TV shows are incapable of because they put you in the shoes of the person making all the bad decisions and turn the threat of things that go bump in the night, personal. I remember the first time I played the original Resident Evil on PS1; walking down that long yellow hallway past a row of ominous glass windows positive that something was going to pop out but confident that I was somehow untouchable and safe on the other side of the TV glass. I wasn’t.

Sabrina "Boo" Stewart ·
A Gummy's Life Must Be Dull -Review (PC)
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A Gummy's Life Must Be Dull -Review (PC)

If I’ve learned anything from A Gummy’s Life, it would be how miserable their lives are and how compelled I am to eat them all in an attempt to save them from this life of mediocrity all Gummies apparently live. The tag line for the game says, “the gummies have come to life and they are unmanageable.” This is more accurate than they could even imagine considered you never feel in complete control of the gummy that you choose to fight as.

Phil Neyman ·