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Confessions of an idle gamer
By William Hughes March 1, 2019 | 6:00am
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Monster Hunter World Can’t Envision That Maybe Hunters are the Baddies
By Dia Lacina February 28, 2019 | 4:05pm
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Crackdown 3 is too much of everything, but that's why it's fun
By Alex McLevy February 28, 2019 | 4:00pm
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The Textorcist Combines Mavis Beacon with The Exorcist
By Holly Green February 26, 2019 | 10:18am
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A few hours in, Anthem feels like a very lonely multiplayer game
By Sam Barsanti February 22, 2019 | 9:30pm
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Civilization VI: Gathering Storm Is Perfect if You're a Drama Queen (Like Me)
By Holly Green February 22, 2019 | 10:12am
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Tetris 99 is a singular creation of evil, time-devouring genius
By William Hughes February 22, 2019 | 6:00am
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Art Sqool Lets You Get Creative Without Having to Pay for Art School
By Shonte Daniels February 21, 2019 | 9:30am
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Apex Legends Shows Overwatch How Easy It Is to Be Diverse
By Dante Douglas February 20, 2019 | 9:35am
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Work Sucks, But This Office Management 101 Demo Doesn't
By Holly Green February 18, 2019 | 12:30pm
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The Out-of-this World Sunless Skies Offers a New Adventure Every Time You Play It
By Dante Douglas February 15, 2019 | 1:30pm
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How is BioWare’s Anthem beta so terrible at telling stories?
By William Hughes February 15, 2019 | 6:00am
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Metro Exodus is a grim sojourn into a hateful natural world that wants to kill you
By William Hughes February 14, 2019 | 5:00pm
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Neill Blomkamp Discusses His Live-Action Anthem Short
By Garrett Martin February 12, 2019 | 3:00pm
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Chill Out to this Exclusive Preview of a Final Fantasy and Squaresoft Tribute Album
By Garrett Martin February 11, 2019 | 3:00pm
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Detention Portrays the Tragedy of Dissent, Revenge and Unintended Consequences
By Holly Green February 11, 2019 | 11:00am
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Apex Legends is great, but will its first kill be Titanfall 3?
By Sam Barsanti February 8, 2019 | 6:00am
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Stop Comparing Kingdom Hearts to Metal Gear Solid
By Cameron Kunzelman February 7, 2019 | 11:00am
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Nostalgia is deadlier than any zombie in the Resident Evil 2 remake
By A.A. Dowd February 5, 2019 | 9:55pm
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Finding Redemption As a Mango Farmer in Van Der Linde Farms
By Holly Green February 4, 2019 | 9:15am
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Surviving Your First Convention: 5 Do’s and 5 Don’ts from a First Time Con Attendee
By Annie Black February 1, 2019 | 9:15am
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How can you be an expert at a game when you’ve only put a measly 700 hours in?
By William Hughes February 1, 2019 | 6:00am
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Kingdom Hearts III is a cheerful celebration of Disney’s inescapable cultural monopoly
By Reid McCarter January 31, 2019 | 9:00pm
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Going Hollow: The Importance of Playing Online in Souls Games
By Dia Lacina January 31, 2019 | 2:30pm
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The Blackout Club Turns a Childhood Fear of the Dark into a Creepy Stealth Game
By Holly Green January 31, 2019 | 11:45am
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The Upcoming RPG She Dreams Elsewhere Does So Much Right
By Dante Douglas January 30, 2019 | 11:30am
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Well, That Fallout 76 Griefing Problem Sure Worked Itself Out
By Holly Green January 28, 2019 | 2:30pm
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Everything You Need to Know Before Playing Kingdom Hearts III (Part Three)
By Natalie Flores January 28, 2019 | 1:30pm
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Just Cause 4 Aerial Navigation Is My Kind of Chaos
By Holly Green January 25, 2019 | 11:00am
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The Switch has quietly become the weirdest, best little sports console around
By William Hughes January 25, 2019 | 6:00am
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Anthem Marks New Territory for Bioware, And Even After Playing It We Aren't Entirely Sure What to Expect
By Dante Douglas January 24, 2019 | 12:30pm
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Everything You Need to Know Before Playing Kingdom Hearts III (Part Two)
By Natalie Flores January 23, 2019 | 12:00pm
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Turns Out You Can Definitely Send Nudes in Pokémon GO
By Holly Green January 22, 2019 | 12:00pm
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Everything You Need to Know Before Playing Kingdom Hearts III (Part One)
By Natalie Flores January 18, 2019 | 9:00am
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Vane is gorgeous, but turning into a bird should be way more fun than this
By Alex McLevy January 18, 2019 | 6:00am
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Empathy is the Defining Core of Life is Strange: An Interview with Christian Divine
By Natalie Flores January 17, 2019 | 12:00pm
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Metro Reveals a Whole Wide World in Metro Exodus
By Garrett Martin January 16, 2019 | 1:30pm
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One Step From Eden: Somewhere Between a Roguelike, a Deckbuilder and a Bullet Hell Shooter
By Dante Douglas January 15, 2019 | 11:00am
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For a Game Built on History, Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Does a Bad Job of Teaching It
By Garrett Martin January 14, 2019 | 12:30pm
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2018 Honorable Mentions: Desert Child
By Shonte Daniels January 14, 2019 | 10:30am
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Giant robots, zombies, and Winnie The Pooh: Here are our most anticipated games of the winter
By The A.V. Club, William Hughes, Sam Barsanti January 11, 2019 | 3:00pm
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Pamali Offers a Refreshing International Spin on Point and Click Horror
By Holly Green January 11, 2019 | 11:30am
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Hey, Hollow Knight fans: There’s another brilliant, adorable Metroidvania out on the Switch
By William Hughes January 11, 2019 | 6:00am
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Overwatch’s Latest Gay Hero Is Great, But Let’s Not Praise Blizzard Just Yet
By Dia Lacina January 9, 2019 | 9:45am
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Magic: The Gathering—Ravnica Allegiance Preview Cards
By Cameron Kunzelman January 7, 2019 | 10:00am
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2018 Honorable Mentions: Unforeseen Incidents
By Holly Green January 4, 2019 | 10:45am
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The highlight of our holiday board game haul
By William Hughes January 4, 2019 | 6:00am
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2018 Honorable Mentions: Orwell: Ignorance Is Strength
By Cameron Kunzelman January 3, 2019 | 12:30pm
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2018 Honorable Mentions: Dusk
By Dante Douglas January 2, 2019 | 12:00pm
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2018 Honorable Mentions: Heaven Will Be Mine
By Dia Lacina December 31, 2018 | 1:00pm
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Nuka Dark Rum Is Another Bethesda Merchandise Disaster
By Holly Green December 28, 2018 | 2:30pm
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Below Shows How Dark Souls Is Becoming Its Own Genre
By Dante Douglas December 27, 2018 | 11:30am
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In Gris, Distance Brings You Closer
By Garrett Martin December 26, 2018 | 5:00pm
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Is Super Smash Bros. All Tapped Out?
By Holly Green December 24, 2018 | 12:30pm
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Randomizers Give Classic Games New Life
By Shonte Daniels December 21, 2018 | 10:45am
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Below wants you to know exactly how tiny and insignificant you really are
By William Hughes December 21, 2018 | 6:00am
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Fallout 76 Microtransactions Will Kill What I Loved About Fallout
By Holly Green December 20, 2018 | 9:00am
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Disneyland's Newest Roller Coaster: Riding the Incredicoaster
By Garrett Martin December 19, 2018 | 5:00pm
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Subliminal Murder: Why Hitman 2 Should Arm Agent 47 with a Camera
By Dia Lacina December 19, 2018 | 9:00am
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In Red Dead Redemption 2 You Don't Know What You Got till It's Gone
By Holly Green December 18, 2018 | 12:00pm
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8 Tips to Get You Started in Artifact
By Andy Moore December 17, 2018 | 11:00am
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Red Dead Redemption 2: Open World Games Are Still Incompatible With Linear Narrative
By Holly Green December 14, 2018 | 1:30pm
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Mail-order horror packages deliver dark magic to your doorstep (and date night)
By William Hughes December 14, 2018 | 6:00am
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The ostentatious Gris has got one thing going for it: A damn fine double-jump
By Clayton Purdom December 13, 2018 | 2:52pm
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Supergiant Dips into the Roguelike with Hades
By Dante Douglas December 13, 2018 | 10:30am
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The Clash Royale League World Finals Made Me Believe in Esports
By Annie Black December 12, 2018 | 2:15pm
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Super Smash Bros. Ultimate makes you work for your fan service
By Sam Barsanti December 11, 2018 | 11:15pm
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The PlayStation Classic: Vintage Disappointment
By Garrett Martin December 11, 2018 | 2:30pm
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Games Are the Most Stressful Way to Totally Relax
By Josh Hilgenberg December 11, 2018 | 10:15am
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Extreme Meatpunks Forever is About the Fragility of Trust and Love in the Face of Fascism
By Dante Douglas December 7, 2018 | 9:30am
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Marvel Battle Lines might as well just be an Unbeatable Squirrel Girl game
By Sam Barsanti December 7, 2018 | 6:00am
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Battlefield V’s campaign tries to argue that WWII had very fine people on both sides
By Sam Barsanti December 5, 2018 | 9:45pm
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A.V. Club readers name their favorite games of 2018
By William Hughes December 5, 2018 | 6:45pm
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Fallout 76 is a waste of a perfectly good wasteland
By William Hughes December 4, 2018 | 7:30pm
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The A.V. Club’s favorite games of 2018
By The A.V. Club, William Hughes, Alex McLevy, A.A. Dowd, Julie Muncy, Chris Breault, Matt Gerardi, Sam Barsanti December 3, 2018 | 12:00pm
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I Watched an Entire Movie in a Videogame This Week
By Holly Green December 3, 2018 | 9:00am
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The Small, Weird, Wonderful World of Indie Game Collective Sokpop
By Dante Douglas November 30, 2018 | 12:30pm
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Red Dead Redemption 2's Redface Proves How Far Games Haven't Come
By Dia Lacina November 30, 2018 | 9:00am
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Beat Saber keeps tricking my stupid fat brain into exercising
By William Hughes November 30, 2018 | 6:00am
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Beware the corporate video game canon
By Lewis Gordon November 29, 2018 | 4:00pm
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Battlefield V Doesn't Know What It Wants to Say About War and Fascism
By Dante Douglas November 29, 2018 | 12:30pm
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Tetris Effect Is Beautiful, Powerful, and Afraid to Get Truly Psychedelic
By Garrett Martin November 28, 2018 | 9:00am
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Boy, Fallout 76 Sure Is Fallout 4
By Holly Green November 27, 2018 | 9:00am
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The PlayStation Classic Unboxing Gallery
By Garrett Martin November 27, 2018 | 7:00am
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Listen to an Exclusive Preview of Rozen's Children of Termina Zelda Album
By Garrett Martin November 26, 2018 | 12:20pm
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Does instituting a buddy system defeat the whole point of playing horror games in VR?
By William Hughes November 23, 2018 | 6:00am
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Saying Goodbye to Extrasolar
By Holly Green November 21, 2018 | 12:30pm
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Pokémon Let's Go Makes Grinding in Pokémon Go for Two Years Totally Worth It
By Holly Green November 20, 2018 | 1:00pm
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Red Dead Redemption 2’s ending is worth the wait
By Clayton Purdom November 19, 2018 | 2:00pm
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Take a First Look at Disney's Star Wars Theme Park Rides
By Garrett Martin November 17, 2018 | 1:05pm
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Universal Studios Florida Casts a Holiday Spell at Hogwarts Castle and Beyond
By Garrett Martin November 16, 2018 | 3:30pm
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5 Things to Know Before Playing Pokemon Let's Go
By Holly Green November 16, 2018 | 11:30am
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What sort of monster plays Dark Souls on the train?
By Clayton Purdom November 16, 2018 | 6:00am
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Why Are All the Fishing Mini-Games Trying to Kill Me?
By Holly Green November 15, 2018 | 4:51pm
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The History of Dungeons & Dragons Gets a Glossy Coffee Table Book Appreciation
By Cameron Kunzelman November 14, 2018 | 2:30pm
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Cute Couple Alert: Snoop Dogg and This Spyro the Dragon Drone
By Garrett Martin November 12, 2018 | 1:30pm
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In Chalk Gardens There Are No Wrong Paths--Or Emotions
By Shonte Daniels November 12, 2018 | 11:30am
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Red Dead Redemption 2 Plants and Orchids Guide Plants
By Holly Green November 9, 2018 | 11:00am
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Mark Of The Ninja takes a knife to the neck of stealth-game convention
By Clayton Purdom November 9, 2018 | 6:00am
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Netflix’s Castlevania Just Became the Best Videogame Adaptation of All Time
By Jim Vorel November 8, 2018 | 10:45am
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Red Dead Redemption 2 Is At Its Best When I'm Not Actually Playing It
By Holly Green November 7, 2018 | 12:13pm
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Deltarune Rejects the Naïveté of Undertale
By Dante Douglas November 6, 2018 | 1:00pm
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The Uplifting Agitprop of You Are Jeff Bezos
By Jason Rhode November 5, 2018 | 4:06pm
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A Red Dead Redemption 2 Camp Guide: What to Do There and Why, We Reckon
By Garrett Martin November 2, 2018 | 1:00pm
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There are lots of people—but no character—on the country roads of the Fallout 76 beta
By William Hughes November 2, 2018 | 5:00am
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How to Find All the Legendary Fish in Red Dead Redemption 2
By Holly Green November 1, 2018 | 4:30pm
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Watch All Your Favorite Nintendo Characters Die in This Smash Bros Ultimate Intro
By Garrett Martin November 1, 2018 | 12:30pm
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What Other Games Can Learn From the Racism in Life is Strange 2
By Natalie Flores October 31, 2018 | 1:00pm
