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So XCOM 2 was announced not too long ago. Firaxis’ reimagining of the classic squad-based extraterrestrial strategy wargame was already a critical and financial smash hit, even if fans were split down the middle with many of its changes, both aesthetic and mechanical. However, while I always had an interest in XCOM: Enemy Unknown—I happen […]
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Five Great Hunters in Video Games
October 6th, 2015 
Adam Nelon Let’s face it, the world is full of dangerous, blood-thirsty things. In many ways, it’s a wonder humanity has survived as long as it has without being horribly murdered by the wildlife and monsters that comprise this wonderful blue ball we’re on. Few of us human beings have the guts to face the things that go […]
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Three Cases in How Good Games Age Poorly
October 4th, 2015 Adam Nelon The concept of age comes up an awful lot when it comes to media. When people comment on the idea of age, they usually mean how well that piece of media holds up when one revisits it, or how meaningful it is in a modern perspective. While for most other forms of media, it’s a […]
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Ahoy! It’s Sid Meier’s Pirates!
September 19th, 2015 Adam Nelon Well isn’t this a rare doubloonscidence? Not only be it Talk Like a Pirate Day, but it’s also t’ first day o’ Oktoberfest! Ayely I can’t let such a crossin’ o’ holidays go uncelebrated. So, in honor o’ it, I’ve taken t’ liberty o’ pickin’ a couple o’ proper privateerin’ games. While I don’t own […]
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Capcom Announces Arabian Fighter for Street Fighter V on 9/11, and that’s perfectly OK
September 11th, 2015 Adam Nelon So. Nine-Eleven. That infamous moment in American history that even fourteen years later, still seems to ring true in the hearts of many a jingoistic American as one of the most important moments of the 21st Century. While I’m not going to rant about the sociopolitical aspects of this day of remembrance (partially out of […]
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Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker—Portable Espionage Action
August 30th, 2015 Adam Nelon You know, with the controversies surrounding Hideo Kojima’s discharge from Konami and the so-so sales of Metal Gear Solid: Ground Zeroes, the future of this beloved franchise and its legendary creator are uncertain, but it is certain that MGSV will likely be the franchise’s swan song while still in Konami’s hands.
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Kingdom of Loathing —An Adventurer is You!
August 30th, 2015 Adam Nelon You know, if there’s one thing I’ve noticed in a lot of MMOs, it’s that a lot of them tend to use indirect humor. That is, they tend to use puns and references to make the quests, npcs, and items a little more memorable. Very few MMOs try to go out of their way to […]
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Lucky Rabbit’s Foot: 4chan’s Impressive Interpretation of Association Football
August 16th, 2015 Adam Nelon Before I start this next article proper, I’d like to make it clear that the content in this article is very off-color. While as a journalist, I will try to be as unbiased and professional as I can, the subject matter at hand here is likely to come as a shock once you experience it […]
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HATTRICK: Real-Time Intelligent Sports Edutainment for the Socially-minded Casual Gamer.
August 11th, 2015 Adam Nelon And now for something completely different. From kicking footballs with fire tornadoes and explosive headbutts to the enjoyable intrigue that is managing your own football team. In my last review, I covered the obscure but highly enjoyable soccer JRPG Inazuma Eleven 2, where it took the basic game of soccer and managed to make it […]
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Inazuma Eleven 2: Blizzard—Soccer Ball Z
August 9th, 2015 Adam Nelon Ah, Association Football—the sport of the world. Known to most simply as Football (except in countries like Australia and the United States, which both refer to it as Soccer for the sake of not confusing it with their own respective versions of Football), it is a remarkably simple game which has often been seen as […]
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