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Ultra Sun Is My First Pokemon Game and I Love It
Thoughts from a series noob
November 28, 2017 - Game Freak's long-running series of RPGs starring adorable pocket monsters has a couple of newly enhanced games. I recently started playing Pokémon Ultra Sun and it acted as my introduction to the mainline series. Needless to say, it's great fun!
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Skyrim and Doom Are Awesome on Switch
Bethesda kills it with Nintendo
November 24, 2017 - Nintendo's home console / handheld hybrid has seen a ton of ports already and it's only eight months old. Now that two of Bethesda's biggest titles are available for the system, you may be wondering how they hold up so allow me to share my experience.
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B.J. Blazkowicz Is Back: Wolfenstein 2 Impressions
Nothing can stop him from killing Nazis
November 20, 2017 - Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus takes place soon after the ending events of The New Order. Captain B.J. Blazkowicz has inexplicably survived although he is gravely injured and falls into a five-month coma. He wakes up just in time to help defend his crew's commandeered U-boat from a Nazi attack, acquiring a powerful body suit that allows him to regain his ability to walk and fight.
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Partial Backwards Compatibility Just Doesn't Cut It
A look at the feature's history
July 12, 2017 - Ever since the Atari 7800, backwards compatibility has been a very cool hardware feature. Now that console manufacturers are striving to expand their compatible libraries, is partial backwards compatibility good enough or should we just keep our old consoles?
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Telltale's Guardians of the Galaxy: A Noob's Perspective
A Marvelous game adaptation
May 10, 2017 - From Sam & Max to Back to the Future and The Walking Dead to Batman, Telltale Games have made many fantastic experiences based on popular franchises. Now that Guardians of the Galaxy is part of their library, let's take a look at it from a newbie's point of view.
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The Switch's Launch Lineup Is Subpar at Best
Somebody call the plumber
February 27, 2017 - It's been said a million times but as a gamer, all I care about are the games. Although I'm looking forward to the launch of Nintendo Switch as much as anyone else, I must say that the starting selection of games is quite disappointing.
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Star Wars: Rogue One Pinball Is Far from Zen's Best
Jyn turns from rebel to wizard
January 31, 2017 - The collection of pinball tables featured in Zen Pinball 2 (AKA Pinball FX 2) is quite impressive. Zen Studios are masters at crafting thrilling pinball experiences but does their new Star Wars: Rogue One table live up to their reputation?
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6 Nintendo Switch Online Features We'd Love to See
Mario has some catching up to do
November 3, 2016 - Nintendo has a long history of creating must-have consoles with epic libraries of first-party games. However, one area that they need to improve is their online capabilities so here's a wish list of features that would make Switch even more awesome.
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PlayStation VR: Lens Fog Can Be a Major Problem
Sony's virtual reality is a little foggy
October 8, 2016 - I recently had the chance to play around with Sony's newfangled PlayStation VR. It was quite an impressive experience, but there's one thing holding me back from rushing out and buying one...
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Mirror's Edge Needs to Go Back to Its Roots
Keep Faith alive
September 16, 2016 - Now that Mirror's Edge is a series, I replayed the original and cataloged all of the differences in the two games. Here, I outline what I think the original Mirror's Edge got right and how Catalyst took a few too many steps backwards.
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