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Islets: A Small and Charming Adventure
Well, after the huge Radiant Dawn review that I published last week, I figured I’d so something smaller, right? Islets is a 2022 indie Metroidvania by Kyle Thompson, detailing the…
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Radiant Dawn: The Brilliant, Impossible Sequel
It’s been 15 years since I first played this game, Radiant Dawn. To say that I have nostalgia for this game would be an understatement. Ever since I found it…
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Revisiting New Mystery of the Emblem: A Classic Reforged
Today we’ll be talking about a game that most Fire Emblem fans probably haven’t played, and the last true “classic” Fire Emblem before Awakening changed it forever: a remake of…
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Revisiting Path of Radiance: A War Game with Humanitarian Ideals
As I finish Path of Radiance and prepare my save file to play Radiant Dawn, I am left with a bittersweet feeling. This game has touched me in a way…
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Revisiting Hollow Knight: A Game That Speaks Without Words
The first time I played Hollow Knight, I admired it. It showed me a game with good mechanics, tight progression, and enough of a story to keep me invested. I…
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Ghost Trick: A Mystery Better Than Its Solution
So, you like a good mystery, eh? Ghost Trick is a mystery visual novel/point-and-click adventure game, developed by the Ace Attorney team and originally released in 2011, near the end…
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Balatro Review: Addictive, Accessible, and a Bit Overhyped
With so much hype around a genre I already enjoy, trying out this poker-based deckbuilder was inevitable. Balatro is a deck-builder/roguelike game released in 2024, and it has caught a…
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Zaun’s Lore Expands, but CONVERGENCE Loses its Way
CONVERGENCE: A League of Legends Story is a Metroidvania by Riot Forge, a publishing division within Riot that worked with indie studios to develop games set in the rich League…
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SpongeBob Rehydrated: Polished, but Stuck in the Past
As I mentioned earlier, I’ve been playing a few games with my roommate. I don’t want to get too deep into this soon—I’d rather explain this in a shorter piece—but…
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Subsurface Circular: A Quiet Game with Important Ideas
With AI being a hot topic right now, it’s refreshing to see a game like Subsurface Circular approach the subject with thoughtfulness and nuance. I am not an AI expert—just…