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This is what a $1,500 limited-edition Neo Geo looks like, and it is beautiful
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Futuridium is a surprisingly Kubrickian take on intergalactic combat
Here’s one space war you can’t win.
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You are the challenge in Crawl
But good luck figuring out what Crawl really is.
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A robot breaks its rules in The Fall
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Revisiting the gxTV, a "television for gamers" from 1997
In short, you haven’t played Wipeout until you’ve played it on the gxTV.
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Where did Cuphead come from?
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Shovel Knight may be retro, but it’s forward-thinking
The lures and limits of nostalgia.
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