Tag: Discussions
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The Art of Feeling Cool in Games
Whenever you pick up a game, you always want to feel something as you play. Could be that you want to feel like you can go out and do anything in an open world game. Or it could be that you want to feel helpless and a sense of dread in a horror game. Maybe […]
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Returnal and why genre impacts more than game play
Having just finished up the recently released add-on, Returnal: Ascension, I figured now would be a great time to discussion Returnal, one of my favorite games from last year! And more importantly, the fact that it shows how the genre of a game can impact more than just it’s core game play. So what genre […]
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Yakuza 0: From Niche to Known
The Yakuza series is a trip… I can’t think of many other series that have made me laugh out loud during one scene and have me crying during another. It’s a series that knows how to blend tones masterfully so nothing gets too ridiculous or too serious and still feels like it all belongs. And […]
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Should ‘Souls’ games have an ‘Easy mode’?
A topic that often comes up when discussing Souls games is whether or not there should be a difficulty option for them. The Souls games are known for being rather difficult after all and a lot of players, understandably, find this to be a barrier of entry when it comes to enjoying the games. Now […]
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Enjoying a ‘flawed’ game
Have you ever played and enjoyed a game a lot while still considering it a ‘bad’ game? Calling a game bad is pretty subjective, of course. Games are art and it’s a little hard to define art as ‘good’ or ‘bad’ most of the time. It mainly comes down to preference. Not including games that […]
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How the length of a game can affect the experience…
A topic I see brought up a lot when discussing and reviewing games is how long the game actually is and how it can make the game better or worse depending. It’s a pretty interesting topic honestly! Mainly since you really can’t say that a game that takes 100 hours is bad and a game […]
Games for Thought 