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17 Fantastic Games That Went Under The Radar In 2022
A lot of fantastic games came out in 2022. Maybe not as many as we would have liked, especially with blockbuster after blockbuster getting delayed to 2023. But push beyond the Elden Rings and God of War Ragnaröks and you’ll discover a cornucopia of overlooked, underrated gems that run the gamut from text-adventure RPGs to…
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Spelunky Creator’s New Project Is A Collection Of 50 Faux Retro Games
Derek Yu’s platformer roguelike Spelunky is quietly one of the most influential games of the past decade. Now he’s back with a team of indie standouts, and they have collaborated to make 50 new games with a twist: The story is that they were created by a fictional company in the ’80s that was “obscure…
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The Japanese Developer Of Downwell Used To Be An Opera Singer
For all of 2014 I’ve travelled, via crowdfunding from my generous readers, to stay with game developers around the world and write about them.