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Welcome to Games for Thought!
Hello there! Thank you for checking out my blog. Name’s Nic. Nice to meet you! Games for Thought is a blog based around discussing games. Talking about things that work or don’t work for some games, or just why we enjoy certain games or aspects about them. This can include full on game reviews or […]
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I hate how much I love the new Pokémon
So if you’ve been paying attention to gaming news lately you probably heard that a couple weeks ago the new Pokémon games, Pokémon Scarlet and Violet, came out. You also probably heard that they have terrible performance issues and awful glitches that can really hamper the game as a whole. And all of that is […]
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Episode 2 is now live!
Hey everyone! Just wanted to announce that episode 2 of the Games for Thought Podcast is now live! It’s just Ray and I this time around and we’re discussing the Game Awards, God of War, Pokemon, PS5 games to pick up, and Black Friday sales! Feel free to check it out right here and thanks […]
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Games That Never End
If you’ve been following the blog for some time now you may remember a few posts I did discussing the length of games. How long or short a game is can be very important to the overall experience. You can have an amazing game with some great game play but if that game lasts way […]
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Introducing the official Games for Thought Podcast!
Hey everyone! I’ve got some big news today. After taking some time to set up, I’ve decided to launch a podcast with my friends Matt and Ray! The podcast is all about us hanging out and talking about games. In this episode we talk about Dead by Daylight, the new God of War, the new […]
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Psychological Horror – Horror that sits with you
To end this month of horror game related posts, I thought I’d talk about what might be my favorite kind of horror, and that’s psychological horror! Unlike with shock horror, that mainly focuses on things like jump scares and freaky imagery, psychological horror generally requires a bit more thought. It focuses more on dread and […]
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Co-op Horror: Putting Fear into Friendship
Horror games are easily some of the most creative kinds of games around. This mainly stems from the fact that developers are always trying to find new ways to scare people! And through that drive we tend to get some pretty creative ideas. But there’s one kind of horror game that people really don’t seem […]
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Indie Horror Games: Like a needle in a hay stack
With cheaper and more easily available development tools like Unity and the Unreal Engine, making your own games has never been easier! This can be seen pretty easily with the rise of indie games in recent years. Games that are developed by one person or a small group with a small budget and normally without […]
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Pseudo Horror Games: A Gateway to Horror
Like I mentioned in last week’s post, pseudo horror games are a great way to see if you’d enjoy a full on horror experience without needing to completely commit to one. This is because, as you may have guessed, pseudo horror games aren’t really horror games. They are games that have plenty of horror elements […]
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Spooky Month and why we enjoy being scared
Well it’s that time of the year again! The time to really sit down and enjoy getting scared. That’s right, it’s spooky month! And in honor of that, I decided that every post this month is going to be about horror games in some way. Granted it’s not like I’ve ever needed an excuse to […]
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Persona and the impact a game can have on you
So this is going to be a bit of a different post from the usual kinds! I wouldn’t really call this a review or a discussion exactly as I mainly want to talk about the Persona series, particularly Persona 4, and it’s impact on me. With Persona 3, 4, and 5 finally branching out from […]
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