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Stasis and the horror of the known
An adventure game that confronts death through its optional stories
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Panoramical turns sound to magical color and back again
Making music, making motion, making magic.
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Rememoried is a beguiling take on videogame dreams
Few games tackle dreams with the grace of Rememoried.
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Everybody hates you (in Dropsy the Clown)
The trials and tribulations of a repulsive sweaty boneless clown-thing.
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Corpse of Discovery is Franz Kafka for the twenty-second century
Corpse of Discovery recreates banal office life in deep space.
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Turning down the volume on Volume
Mike Bithell’s game is primally fun, but preachy.
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Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain is an unending battle
In MGSV, war may be hell, but it’s also boring.
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Searching for a hat in the White March
Pillars of Eternity’s White March expansion is cold and thin.
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Let the plant-growing sim Viridi brighten up your desktop
The virtual pet gets slowed way, way down.
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Submerged finds boredom at the end of the world
For those who wanted collectibles in their apocalypse: here you go.
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Until Dawn is a smart riff on horror-movie tropes
Play as a bunch of asshole teens who reenact the past half-century of scary movies.
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The Detail is a videogame for people who just like the shootouts in The Wire
The crime drama aims for gravitas, and misses.