Jon Irwin

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I am a grown, married adult and I played Spin the Bottle: Bumpie’s Party

I stand tall and pronounce this decision as a good one.

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What would it mean for Farming Simulator 2013 to actually simulate farming in 2013?

What it does have is real nice tractor sounds. Real nice ones.

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The Wonderful 101 is punitive, messy, and maybe beautiful

As might befit a game where you play 100 people at once.

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RIP Hiroshi Yamauchi, the man who turned Nintendo into Nintendo

The company’s third president in a century laid the foundation for another hundred years.

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Grand Theft Auto 5 is the broken, beautiful reflection Los Angeles deserves

Rockstar’s on some Joan Didion shit right now.

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Rayman Legends is a gloriously unpredictable mess

You will tickle and be tickled.

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Outlast’s developer tells us how it plays off of the realest terror of them all: adulthood

Red Barrels co-founder Philippe Morin talks about the survival horror game’s surprising aesthetic inspirations.

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What does it mean when huge companies talk about indie games?

Everybody’s paying lip service to indie developers, for better or worse.

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Nintendo wants to be the Pied Piper to the world’s 5- and 6-year-olds

Nintendo made the 2DS because they love you. So let’s dial back the malice, a little bit.

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Ducktales: Remastered has a shiny exterior. But what’s underneath it?

Wayforward resurrects the golden age, sorta.

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Do videogame plumbers dream of electric pipes?

How Mario & Luigi: Dream Team connects humor and dream logic.

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Is Animal Crossing the dark future of our virtual economy?

Better hide those Bitcoins in your mattress.