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The convergence of role-playing and dress-up games
Those capes have always meant something.
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Blow your haters a big fat smooch in Kissing Foes
In the age of social media toxicity, people need a plan of action for dealing with hater McFrowny Faces now more than ever. There seems to be two divergent paths in the quest to conquer a hater: either go into battle mode and attempt to defeat your foe, or kill ’em with kindness. One of the most dis
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Verve and virtuosity in Crypt of the NecroDancer
Rhythm is a (deadly) dancer.
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What videogame RPGs could learn from Community
Remember the beginning of Skyrim? Yeah, neither do we.
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Tropico 5 remains an endearing plunge into the mind of a dictator
With merengue!
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The Devil’s in the details of Pillars of Eternity
Enter a magical world where everyone’s awful.
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The glorious return of Xenoblade Chronicles, which is as good a JRPG as any
The re-rebirth of the game that will not die.
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Finally, African fantasy is getting its own gorgeous RPG
If you were to rifle through the annals of videogame history you’d never guess that Africa is the second largest continent on the planet. There’s a distinct lack of African stories, characters, and art represented in the medium. Which is a shame when you consider how rich Africa is with history, lan
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Paradise Never tackles the endless cycle of French revolution
Live. Die. Repeat.
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In space, everyone can hear you sing along
The Universe is a Small Hat blurs the line between audience and performer.
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Dragon Age’s post-racial (high) fantasy
How Inquisition takes the politics out of race.
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Another audio-only game comes to challenge your perceptions
Three Monkeys is an audio-only game that empowers its blind protagonist and players.