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The time has come to play Conker’s Bad Fur Day as an adult
You can drink along with Conker legally, now!
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Looks like you’ll still be punching plenty of dudes in Mirror’s Edge: Catalyst
“Don’t get into any scraps,” a voice tells Faith over her comm about a minute into the latest trailer for Mirror’s Edge: Catalyst. Yet, by now, we’ve already seen Faith take out three guards, with more to come. Though most of the trailer is focused on the series’ signature parkour, it does bookend i
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Wanderment is a beautiful tribute to all the blind pets out there
As those of us who have ever had the privilege of owning a blind pet already know, they are bound to wander. Although their animal instincts are surprisingly effective at helping them navigate their surroundings even without eyesight, they aren’t perfect. It’s not surprising to see a blind dog play
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Latest GIFs from the adorable Rain World confirm there will be "death rain"
Oh Rain World. I’ve seen so many alluring gifs come out of your development process, I probably won’t even know what to do with you once you become an actual playable gif—er, I mean, a bona fide videogame. Most likely, out of habit, I’ll just watch and wait for you to loop back to the start. The cre
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It’s dangerous to go alone, so bring a friend to the beautiful world of Yonder
With a few notable exceptions, platformers are typically solitary adventures that measure determination against dexterity. The life of a whip-wielding vampire slayer or bounty hunting contortionist is a lonely one. Players often left to fend for themselves as they chart a course through a labyrinthi
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Paint your way through an invisible platformer
Sign up to receive each week’s Playlist e-mail here! Also check out our full, interactive Playlist section. INK (Windows) BY ZACKBELLGAMES Discovery defines the greatest videogame experiences. No one forgets that butterflies-in-your-stomach, swooning I’ve-never-felt-this-way-before feeling you get
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The Stranger is a "delicate mess" and would rather you left it that way
Every videogame world makes a foreigner of us. As the player, you always come into a new virtual space as a tourist. Through exploration, you learn how to properly maneuver and experience the alien world. Yet one aspect of the foreigner experience is missing from videogames: the true citizens of thi
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Death, difficulty, and Disney’s Aladdin
Some art is endured; other art is conquered.
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Tumbling and twitching in Aaru’s Awakening
In a battle of the gods, the spoils for mortals are few
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A Dog Tale, or the death of mystery
On the strange power of unremarkable games.
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Crash Bandicoot and the end of videogame mascots
The PlayStation straddled the divide between cartoon and realism.
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Let the inky dread of Renoir wash over you in its first trailer
Renoir is a bleak, brooding puzzle-platformer from the recently formed Czech studio, Soulbound Games. No, the name is not a reference to the French impressionist painter, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, nor his lush, saturated style. Nor is it a reference to his son, Jean Renoir, whose film La Règle du jeu t