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The Story Of Dwarf Fortress’ Loneliest Necromancer
Dwarf Fortress is an incredible, absurd game. Sometimes the funniest parts of your game are buried somewhere you’ll never see. Last night, for example, I discovered a tale of the world’s loneliest dwarf necromancer. When you start a game of Dwarf Fortress, you must first create a new world. You set parameters like how big…
By Gita Jackson - Uncategorized
Hori’s PS4 Fighting Edge Controller Is A Beauty
Back in 2012 we reviewed Hori’s Fighting Edge for the PlayStation 3, a mighty beast of an arcade fighting controller with a fancy programmable touch panel. The PS4 version of the Fighting Edge is still a beast, but it trades the gimmicky touchscreen for brushed aluminum. It looks good. It feels even better. Being only…
By Mike Fahey - Culture
One Man Is Trying To Speedrun Three Final Fantasy Games–At The Same Time
Speedrunning a long role-playing game requires both concentration and stamina. There are endless menus to navigate and character builds to optimize, and doing everything fast means knowing the game’s secrets like the back of your hand. Speedrunning an RPG can be grueling for even the most accomplished player. So naturally, one guy wants to speedrun…
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UncategorizedClosers Is A Fine Beat ‘Em Up
Free-to-play episodic PC action MMO Closers is a complicated game, filled with complicated menus and all sorts of management minutia, but its core appeal is easy to summarize. Anime teens with psychokinetic powers battle an alien invasion. The rest can be sorted out later. In Closers, a popular Korean game that’s now in open beta…
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UncategorizedWoohooing In The Sims Is Actually Horrifying
Woohoo is what sims do in The Sims series instead of having sex. But what is it? You will regret asking that question. In the first Sims game, woohoo didn’t exist. Instead, in a later expansion pack, you could place a vibrating bed, have both sims relax on it, and then have them “play” on…
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The More I Play Call of Duty: WWII Zombies, The Less I Like It
I enjoyed Call of Duty: WWII’s Zombies mode when it launched. But now, having dumped over a dozen hours into it, I’m feeling differently. I originallypraised Sledgehammer Games for its scary and gory take on Zombies. There was something really satisfying about returning to the World War II setting with Nazi zombies, ripe for the…
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Enter The Gungeon Is More Forgiving On The Nintendo Switch
Enter The Gungeon released on the Nintendo Switch last week, and they go great together. Despite a few bugs and some little niggling issues with the controls (which are 100% remappable) the overall experience is great. It’s also the most approachable version of the game thanks to some balancing tweaks that haven’t yet hit the…
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UncategorizedThe Witcher 3 Now Officially Runs At 60 FPS On The Xbox One X
When the Xbox One X launched in November, players discovered the console could run a completely un-patched disc version of The Witcher 3 at 60 frames per second. The Xbox One X update for the game dropped today, giving players a choice of 60 FPS performance or 30 FPS at 4K. Players who download the…
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Tier Lists Are Full Of Shit
Almost no one played as Blanka in Street Fighter IV. This is because the low-tier green Brazilian is weird, doesn’t play like any other character in the game, and is widely considered not to be very powerful. Nonetheless, Street Fighter V is adding Blanka into the game this January after two years without him. I…
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