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Killer Frequency: A new tune for Horror Games
I always like to talk about smaller horror games that go under the radar, like Mundaun and Fatal Frame, because they can sometimes offer some unique experiences or their own brand of horror. And as you probably guessed from the title of this post, Killer Frequency does both! Released earlier this year in June, I…
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The return of Spooky Month and the struggles of recommending Horror Games!
It’s that time of the year again at long last! And just like last year, all month long I will be writing about horror games. This is the perfect time of the year for it and I’ll always take an excuse to gush about one of my favorite genres of video games! Unlike last year…
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Episode 21: Xbox leaks and their terrible names
Hey everyone! This week’s episode of the podcast is now live! Just Matt and I this week and we are talking all about the flood of DLC released recently for games like Pokemon, Resident Evil 4, and Cyberpunk 2077! We also discuss the massive leak Xbox and Microsoft had as well as vent a little…
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The lack of Role Playing in RPGs
After playing Baldur’s Gate 3 for just about two weeks now, I’ve come to realize something. This is the first true role playing game I’ve played in a very long time. I feel like the genre of role playing games, or RPGs, has really gotten confused about what that term was originally suppose to mean.…
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Episode 20: Baldur’s Gate 3…weeks in a row!
Hey everyone! This week’s podcast episode is now live! And as you probably guessed, we’re still talking about Baldur’s Gate 3! This time around though Matt and I have now played it too, so we can finally discuss our thoughts with Ray. Beyond that we talk about Starfield’s relatively good launch, Armored Core 6 being…
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Episode 19: Roll for Initiative
Hey everyone! Episode 19 of the podcast is now live! On this episode Ray is back and is ready to give his thoughts on Baldur’s Gate 3 after having spent quite a bit of time with it. Not only that, Matt fights a wasp and we all discuss our thoughts on Persona 3 Reload, game…
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Nerfs Suck
Making sure any game is balanced and fair without anything being too overpowered is exactly what you want in a game that has multiple ways to play. You never want a player to pick something because it’s ‘the best’ or ‘the easiest’ way to play. You don’t want someone picking to use a sword over…
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Episode 18: Baldur’s Gate 3: “This isn’t about junk”
Hey everyone! After missing last week, episode 18 of the podcast is up! This time around, Matt and I discuss our thoughts on Baldur’s Gate 3 and the records it’s breaking, the latest Pokemon Direct and all the neat announcements that came with it, and Matt talks about some of his worries for the next…
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Fire Emblem Engage – One step forward, one step back
If you’ve been listening to the Games for Thought podcast for awhile then you may already know that I haven’t been too interested in Fire Emblem Engage since it was first announced in a Nintendo Direct back in September of last year. While I’m not the biggest Fire Emblem fan, having only gotten into the…
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Enjoying the Summer Game Drought
As a kid, I always kind of hated that no new games seemed to come out during the summer. Everyone was finally out of school and had time to play games! It seemed like the perfect time to release one to me. However, in recent years, I’ve changed my mind on releasing games in the…
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