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Super Mario Odyssey, Not The Mario Movie, Gave Us The Best Princess Peach
Last week as part of the latest Nintendo Direct broadcast, the company behind the Mario games announced that in 2024, Princess Peach will be headlining her own game for the first time in 18 years. No title was announced for the game and few gameplay details can be gleaned from the brief teaser, but I’m…
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The Brilliant Scholar Challenging Racism In Game Design
Few people are working harder to make gaming and tech more equitable than Dr. Kishonna Grey. We spoke to the in-demand academic about her work.
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Dead Space’s ‘New Game Plus’ Is A Good Reminder That Being OP Can Be Awesome
I’d skulked my way through the dark corridors of the Ishimura, holding my breath the entire time. Never forgetting that at any moment, a deadly necromorph could pop out from the vents and make short work of me, I held my weapon aloft all the while. If I chanced upon an explosive canister, I’d use…
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The Last Of Us Episode 7 Recap: Just Like Heaven
The release of The Last of Us in 2013 already marked a remarkable shift in narrative tone for big-budget, so-called “AAA” games. However, for some of us, 2014’s DLC chapter, The Last of Us: Left Behind, proved to be even more remarkable. It took mechanics that, in the game proper, had been used in nail-biting…