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OpinionImpressionsOne Helpful Way To Cope With My Chronic Illness: Memes
A little under a year ago, everything I ate started making me feel sick. Even after removing the most obvious trigger, I still couldn’t get through a meal without stomach cramps, nausea, or diarrhea. Turns out I have Irritable Bowel Syndrome, or IBS. At this point, the only thing that makes me feel better is…
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OpinionImpressionsMario And Sonic At The Tokyo Olympics Has Lots Of Fun Events, Few Ways To Play Them
The latest installment of Sega and Nintendo’s Olympics crossover series takes Sonic, Mario, and friends to Tokyo to compete in more than 30 summer sports mini-games. There’s a single-player story mode, online and offline play of single events, and that’s about it. No online or offline tournaments, no creating custom event playlists. Just pick and…
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OpinionModern Warfare’s Campaign Is Fun But It’s Playing With Fire
When Call of Duty: Modern Warfare was first announced, I was a little surprised that its title suggested it would be rebooting, or at least paying homage, to the first Modern Warfare game that I had come to love back in 2007. I’ve now beaten the game, so now I know that, just as the…
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OpinionImpressionsDisney Classic Games: Lion King And Aladdin Is A Lovely Little Retro Bundle
Announced in August and released this week for PlayStation 4, PC, Switch, and Xbox One, Disney Classic Games: Aladdin and The Lion King bundles together several different versions of two of the best movie tie-in video games ever made with concept art, music, and videos to create an excellent package that’s sure to please fans.…
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OpinionImpressionsDisgaea 4 Might Not Be The Best Disgaea, But It’s My Favorite
No game in Nippon Ichi Software’s long-running series of ridiculously deep tactical role-playing games will ever capture the magic of the original Disgaea. But Disgaea 4: A Promise Forgotten, released this week on PlayStation 4 and Switch as Disgaea 4 Complete+, has a level of humor and charm that makes it a joy to return…
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OpinionImpressionsLonely Mountains Goes From Good To Great Once You Bike Off The Beaten Path
There are trails to follow in Lonely Mountains: Downhill, thethrilling mountain biking game from developer Megagon Industries, clear paths indicating the safest route from start to finish. Learning these trails is step one. Ignoring them is step awesome. Successfully funded on Kickstarter and available now on Steam, Xbox One, and PlayStation 4, Lonely Mountains: Downhill…
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OpinionImpressionsIce Age: Scrat’s Nutty Adventure Feels Like A PS2 Game And That’s A Good Thing
The last Ice Age film or short came out back in 2016. There has been the talk of a new film or TV series, but nothing has actually released in the last 3 years. Until late last week. For some reason the world received a new Ice Age video game, starring Scrat. It’s weird that…
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OpinionImpressionsMediEvil Looks Great But Has A Lousy Camera
When I think of classic PlayStation games, I think Crash and Spyro. If I think a bit harder I eventually remember MediEvil, a wacky, gothic-inspired action-adventure game released in 1998 for the original PlayStation. It didn’t set the world on fire, but it did get a sequel before the series mostly went dormant. Now, after…
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OpinionImpressionsWe Checked Out The Outer Worlds‘ Second, Monster-Filled Planet
Yesterday, Paul Tamayo and I played through a small portion of The Outer Worlds. The game is out today, but if you haven’t picked it up yet, let us wet your whistle. Paul and I played through the beginning portions of Monarch, the second planet you’ll visit in The Outer Worlds. If you want to…
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OpinionImpressionsA Halloween Journey To Heck Is Just What Borderlands 3 Needed
Today saw the start of Bloody Harvest, the first big event for Borderlands 3. After a month of hit-or-miss weekly events, this Halloween-themed update is a fantastic reason to get back into the game, with numerous challenges to keep players busy and, of course, mountains of loot to scavenge. Bloody Harvest opens for Borderlands 3…
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OpinionImpressionsAn Adorable Robot-Themed Role-Playing Game Totally Disrupted My Best-Laid Gaming Plans
Into a crowded fall gaming season packed with games I had planned to cover weeks in advance comes Destiny Connect: Tick-Tock Travelers, which took me completely by surprise. It’s an incredibly charming and cartoonish turn-based role-playing game filled with cute kids and even cuter robots. Out this week for the PlayStation 4 and Switch, it’s…
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OpinionImpressionsThe New King Of Fighters Mobile Game Kicks A Fair Amount Of Ass
Out now on iTunes and Google Play, The King of Fighters Allstar takes the expansive roster of fighters from SNK’s long-running fighting game series and turns them into collectible characters in a side-scrolling beat-em-up action RPG. It’s very flashy and obnoxiously free-to-play, but I’m actually having a great time. It’s a neat new way to…
By Mike Fahey
