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The gaudy, meme-filled Dark Souls II mod that the internet loves to hate
Meme Souls in full-swing.
Dark Souls 2
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Hidetaka Miyazaki’s transcendent quest for beauty in Bloodborne
The obsessions of an artist.
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High Scores: The Best of 2014
Deliver a baby, save the world, kick your friend’s asses. Our year-end list starts here.
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The insidious influence of blockbuster cinema on videogames
Going big, going home.
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Dark Souls II: The Lost World
In its first batch of DLC, From Software looks (exclusively) to the past
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Bloodborne is dragging Demon’s Souls forward by pulling from its past
Dark Souls II definitely earned the numeral in its title, whatever you thought of the game proper. It reworked and remixed Dark Souls but there was little in it that felt unfamiliar to series veterans. But the mastermind of misery himself Hidetaka Miyazaki, absent from Souls II, has returned with Bl
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How ironic is it that Watch Dog’s leaderboards are already hacked?
All it took was one day for the online multiplayer leaderboards for Watch Dogs to get hacked, perhaps not surprising for a game about using cyber-jacking abilities to crack into overreaching surveillance systems. As you see in the above screenshot, captured by Reddit user unsubdefaults, players suc
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The impossible has occurred: Trolls are a force for good
Videogames subsume “that kid.”
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Watch Dogs’ multiplayer critiques our always-connected world
Who hacks the hack dogs?
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A beginner’s guide to Kierkegaard, via Dark Souls 2
Absurdity and leaps of faith.
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Wayward Souls will eat you alive
As brutal as Super Hexagon, as cute as Jetpack Joyride.
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Box Art Review: DARK SOULS II IS BOTH EFFECTIVE AND RIDICULOUS
Quoth Hans Zimmer: “BROMMMM.”