single player games
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Immortals Of Aveum Proves Its Grim Out Here For Single-Player Games
EA’s fantasy flop Immortals of Aveum is a grim reminder of just how hard its become to turn a new, AAA, single-player IP into a success.
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The Surprisingly Messy Culture Wars Within The New York Times Crossword Puzzle
In the 1970s Will Shortz submitted a crossword to the New York Times with a word so scandalous that the editor rejected it. The word: bellybutton. Fast forward over four decades and Shortz himself is the Times crossword editor who is now the gatekeeper, selecting puzzles from the nearly 200 submissions he gets a week.…
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Single-Player Games Are Finally Making A Comeback, Sort Of
Once upon a time, Shigeru Miyamoto famously said, “A delayed game is eventually good. A bad game is bad forever.” It’s a statement that felt like it would never fall out of fashion, until it did. Modern games are never finished. Bad games become good. Good games become bad. Games of all stripes add social…