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We’re not sure what to make of this one. Lisa looks to be a typical modern pixellated platformer, but it is actually a role-playing game. Does it treat the issue of torture irresponsibly, or is it a scathing criticism of its portrayal in media? And what about amputees? If the game’s set in a society
Music is ineffable. Quoth Frank Zappa, “Writing about music is like dancing about architecture.” This is doubly true for talking about abstract music games like Sentris, the symphonic puzzle about sliding colorful blocks into centrical patterns and creating beats. Case in point, after listening to a