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Red Barrels Puts Live Service Through Its Paces With "The Outlast Trials"

When talking about examples of live service games, I’d love to talk more about “The Outlast Trials” and the ways in which it uses the live service elements in a multiplayer horror game. In all hon...

3 Incredible Tutorals That Taught Me About First Impressions

With a discussion about first impressions yesterday, I wanted to go over a couple of ways that games have wow’d me with their tutorials in informative and stylistic ways. It’s a pretty simple conc...

Bungie Lifts An NDA On Their "Marathon" Alpha, Turning Testing Into Content

As we approach the early access for “Marathon” with excitement for many around getting their hands on the game, an update has let us know that the NDA is lifted. I’ve covered it many times already...

The Switch 2's "Mario Kart World" Costs As Much As My Graduation

With two very different ways to spend $80, I think that I really needed this Nintendo Direct to learn about why “Mario Kart World” will be as expensive as it is. As context: Yes, there’s an $80 gr...

Being "Non-Political" Feels Like The Hardest Challenge, And I Failed Well Before This Article

While navigating the landmines and lasers to try and write “non-political” pieces on gaming, I’m faced with the fact that there was never a safe path forward. It was something that’s gone on aroun...

Bungie's "Edge of Fate" Expansion Makes Me Ask "How Do You End a Live Service?"

With “Edge of Fate” teased from Bungie in a recent post, a lot of new excitement and worry mix into a serious conversation about live service and endings. Right off the back of “Marathon” announce...

"Baldur's Gate 3" Is a Phenomenal Game, But It Can't Be a TTRPG

With Patch 8 coming tomorrow to “Baldur’s Gate 3,” I want to highlight how phenomenal of a game it is. This amazing game is, however, not a TTRPG and not for lack of trying. Larian Studios and the...

In Defense of "Marathon," I Offer Hole

With the general pessimism surrounding “Marathon” as Bungie’s returning and revamped IP, I think it’s important to remind people why we should keep open minds and try out games. That’s why I played...

Bungie's Extraction Shooter "Marathon" And its Genre Defining Choices

With Bungie giving us more details on “Marathon” to think of with a September release date, I’m really excited to see an extraction shooter that’s starting to play more with the genre in ways that ...

Games Rememeber My Birthday, But I Don't Really Know Why

I wanted something chill for my birthday, so I decided to write something about birthdays that I’m both constantly reminded of and also reminded of too little. I know that people have very differe...