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The
podracing video game holds up way better than Star
Wars’ actual podrace
By Matt Gerardi and Clayton Purdom, Clayton Purdom May 4, 2018 | 5:00am
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The Nintendo Labo Piano Is a Surprisingly Useful Little Synthesizer
By Garrett Martin May 3, 2018 | 3:30pm
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The New Battlegrounds Map Feels Too Much Like Fortnite
By Dante Douglas May 3, 2018 | 12:00pm
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Spelunky mashed up two wildly different genres—and invented a perfect game
By Clayton Purdom May 2, 2018 | 6:00pm
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Take a Behind-the-Scenes Look Into the Score for Dontnod's Vampyr
By Garrett Martin May 2, 2018 | 3:00pm
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God Of War is a great game about terrible dads
By Clayton Purdom May 1, 2018 | 8:00pm
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Android panic in Detroit: 8 new games to play in May, plus a bunch of old ones
By A.V. Club, William Hughes, Clayton Purdom, Sam Barsanti April 30, 2018 | 1:00pm
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The Swords of Ditto Lets Anyone Be a Hero
By Shonte Daniels April 30, 2018 | 12:00pm
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The Influence of Dark Souls on Avengers: Infinity War Is Hard To Ignore
By Brock Wilbur April 27, 2018 | 2:30pm
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The Quick Time Events in God of War Have Got to Go
By Holly Green April 27, 2018 | 10:15am
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The
Swords Of Ditto reimagines
classic
Zelda
with Cartoon Network cuteness
By Matt Gerardi and Sam Barsanti, Sam Barsanti April 27, 2018 | 5:00am
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Yes, There's a Secret Ending to God of War, and Here's How to See It
By Garrett Martin April 26, 2018 | 11:00am
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God Of War declares
its cinematic ambitions with an incredible super-powered fistfight
By Matt Gerardi April 25, 2018 | 6:15pm
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Death Isn't an Enemy in Minit
By Dante Douglas April 25, 2018 | 12:29pm
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The Valkyrie Fights Are the Best Part of God of War
By Garrett Martin April 24, 2018 | 6:00pm
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Far Cry 5 Offers No Insight into Christian Fundamentalism
By Holly Green April 23, 2018 | 1:00pm
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Bless the Xbox One for keeping turn-of-the-millennium weirdness alive
By Matt Gerardi April 20, 2018 | 5:00am
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How God of War Got Me To Finally Start Blocking
By Holly Green April 19, 2018 | 2:30pm
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Overwatch Retribution Isn't Enough to Solve the Game's Narrative Problems
By Dante Douglas April 18, 2018 | 2:30pm
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Travel Is Freedom in Games and Life
By Shonte Daniels April 17, 2018 | 1:00pm
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A Well-Oiled Machine of Death: Rogue Aces and the Futility of War
By Garrett Martin April 16, 2018 | 6:03pm
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Florence Is a Beautiful Reminder That It's Okay to Move On
By Holly Green April 16, 2018 | 12:00pm
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Magic Goes Digital with Magic: The Gathering Arena
By Cameron Kunzelman April 13, 2018 | 1:00pm
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It’s
time to get ready for Yakuza 6, next week’s other big game about a
badass dad
By Matt Gerardi April 13, 2018 | 5:00am
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The Indie Games Market Is in Trouble
By Dante Douglas April 12, 2018 | 1:45pm
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Far Cry 5’s nihilistic ending tries to take the rest of the game down with it
By William Hughes April 11, 2018 | 4:00pm
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What Bully Hunters Gets Wrong About Harassment in Games
By Holly Green April 11, 2018 | 1:00pm
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Far Cry 5 Doesn't Understand The Country Life
By Holly Green April 9, 2018 | 2:00pm
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You only have 60 seconds to live in Minit’s ingenious adventure
By Matt Gerardi, William Hughes April 6, 2018 | 5:00am
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Ni
No Kuni 2’s final hours bring a conventional ending to an unconventional RPG
By Matt Gerardi April 5, 2018 | 6:00pm
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Game Critics Need to Review Games Holistically
By Dante Douglas April 5, 2018 | 4:30pm
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Games Need To Stop Using Drugs as a Narrative Shortcut
By Holly Green April 4, 2018 | 3:00pm
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Far Cry 5's lackluster second act gets too high on its own supply
By William Hughes April 3, 2018 | 6:00pm
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Kratos’ comeback,
Nintendo’s cardboard craze, and 5 more games to play in April
By Matt Gerardi April 1, 2018 | 1:00pm
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Corrupt
leaders get what’s coming to them in Ni No Kuni 2’s precious fantasy world
By Matt Gerardi March 30, 2018 | 6:00pm
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The State of the Union: GDC, Jen MacLean, and Game Workers Unite
By Holly Green March 30, 2018 | 3:00pm
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Arms and the Hidden Power of Story in Competitive Games
By Shonte Daniels March 30, 2018 | 1:15pm
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Yep,
Dragon
Ball FighterZ
is still a
freakin’ blast
By Matt Gerardi, Clayton Purdom March 30, 2018 | 5:00am
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Not even the trailer for Jurassic World Evolution can build a dinosaur park that doesn't fail
By Sam Barsanti March 29, 2018 | 7:46pm
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Sailing the Sea Of Thieves without a crew is lonely and strange
By Sam Barsanti March 29, 2018 | 4:45pm
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Wolfenstein II and Violence in Games: An Interview with Creative Director Jens Matthies
By Holly Green March 28, 2018 | 5:00pm
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Sea of Thieves Tips: Pillage and Plunder Like a Pro
By Andy Moore March 28, 2018 | 12:00pm
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GDC Is No Longer Fit to Serve the Global Games Community
By Dante Douglas March 27, 2018 | 4:15pm
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Far Cry 5 Talks a Lot Without Really Saying Anything
By Garrett Martin March 26, 2018 | 3:00pm
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Far
Cry 5 cares
less about politics than being the reinvention this series needed
By William Hughes March 26, 2018 | 10:00am
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It’s
hard not to fall for the coffee-drinking, jazz-loving Detective
Pikachu
By Matt Gerardi and William Hughes, William Hughes March 23, 2018 | 5:00am
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Ni No Kuni 2 is the
Ghibli-inspired, anti-war fairy tale we need right now
By Matt Gerardi March 21, 2018 | 6:00pm
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The Visitation Reveals the Game In All Art
By Graham Techler March 20, 2018 | 5:40pm
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Fortnite Battle Royale Tips: Landing, Looting and Lasting Until the End
By Andy Moore March 20, 2018 | 1:00pm
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Does Enjoying Ni No Kuni 2 Mean I Like Anime Now?
By Garrett Martin March 19, 2018 | 4:30pm
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Battle Royale Games Lack What Made Battle Royale Important
By Dante Douglas March 19, 2018 | 1:00pm
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PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds Doesn't Know Who It's For
By Cameron Kunzelman March 16, 2018 | 5:00pm
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An Exclusive Free Download from the Where the Water Tastes Like Wine Soundtrack
By Garrett Martin March 16, 2018 | 12:45pm
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Mulaka Is a Reminder of Whose Stories Go Untold
By Shonte Daniels March 16, 2018 | 12:00pm
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Making new tall tales in Where The Water Tastes Like Wine's weird America
By Matt Gerardi March 16, 2018 | 5:00am
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Hey, Nintendo: This Is A Good Time For StreetPass on the Switch
By Holly Green March 15, 2018 | 1:00pm
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Into the Breach Is a Puzzle Disguised as a Tactics Game
By Dante Douglas March 13, 2018 | 11:34am
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Videogames Aren't Too Violent—America Is, Says Australian-Made Videogame
By Garrett Martin March 12, 2018 | 2:00pm
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The Secret of Mana Remake Reminds Us That Weird Can Be Great
By Shonte Daniels March 9, 2018 | 9:00am
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Florence tells a familiar story in a wordless new form
By AV Club Staff, Clayton Purdom March 9, 2018 | 6:00am
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Metal Gear
Survive might be trying to warn us about the series’ future
By Sam Barsanti March 7, 2018 | 12:00pm
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Game Developers Need a Union
By Dante Douglas March 7, 2018 | 12:00pm
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The Old, Weird America of Where the Water Tastes Like Wine
By Garrett Martin March 5, 2018 | 2:45pm
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The story behind Metal Gear Survive is way more interesting than the game itself
By Matt Gerardi March 2, 2018 | 9:00pm
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Exploring the Alien Sea of In Other Waters
By Garrett Martin March 2, 2018 | 3:30pm
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How To Get More Loyalty in Civilization VI: Rise and Fall
By Holly Green March 2, 2018 | 1:00pm
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The Best Builds for Monster Hunter: World's End Game
By Andy Moore March 2, 2018 | 11:45am
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Cult-classic horror game Yume Nikki deserves a better remake
By Matt Gerardi, Clayton Purdom March 2, 2018 | 6:00am
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Metal Gear Survive is a suffocating spin-off
By Sam Barsanti March 1, 2018 | 4:00pm
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Be Patient With Kickstarted Videogames
By Dante Douglas February 28, 2018 | 2:30pm
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Trump Blames Shootings on Games to Distract from the Gun Debate. Still, Some Games Are Too Graphic for Their Own Good.
By Garrett Martin February 27, 2018 | 4:20pm
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We Need Videogames That Are as Weird and Smart as Annihilation
By Cameron Kunzelman February 27, 2018 | 11:00am
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Dandara Turns Death into Myth
By Shonte Daniels February 23, 2018 | 2:00pm
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Who
thought putting Dynasty Warriors in an open world would be a good
idea?
By Matt Gerardi, Clayton Purdom February 23, 2018 | 6:00am
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Overcooked Is Exactly Like Working in a Kitchen, Even When It's Not
By Holly Green February 21, 2018 | 12:30pm
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A New Metal Gear Game Came Out Today. Does Anybody Care?
By Garrett Martin February 20, 2018 | 4:09pm
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A Mafia Murder in Sicily Inspires a Powerful Videogame Exploration of History
By Dante Douglas February 20, 2018 | 1:00pm
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In a land of dinosaurs and dragons, Monster Hunter: World makes you the apex predator
By Matt Gerardi February 16, 2018 | 8:00pm
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Cara Ellison Turns TV into Videogames for Kids
By Brock Wilbur February 16, 2018 | 3:45pm
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You Can Care About Games Without Caring About "Gamer Culture"
By Garrett Martin February 16, 2018 | 2:00pm
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What are you playing this weekend?
By Matt Gerardi, William Hughes February 16, 2018 | 6:00am
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It's Been Almost Four Years, And The Sims 4 Still Isn't Worth Playing
By Holly Green February 15, 2018 | 2:45pm
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Dandara: A Videogame's Responsibility to History
By Garrett Martin February 15, 2018 | 11:31am
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Where's All the Excitement For Borderlands 3?
By Holly Green February 13, 2018 | 12:30pm
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EA Is Bringing Out the Worst in BioWare
By Dante Douglas February 12, 2018 | 12:00pm
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Do Videogames Turn Us Into Bad People?
By Holly Green February 9, 2018 | 12:30pm
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Video games are really good at making you feel really bad
By Matt Gerardi, William Hughes February 9, 2018 | 6:00am
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Monster Hunter: World ably slays the dragon of repetition
By William Hughes February 8, 2018 | 4:26pm
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In Monster Hunter: World, You (and the Monsters) Are Indestructible
By Shonte Daniels February 7, 2018 | 12:30pm
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Without Shadow of the Colossus We Wouldn't Have Breath of the Wild
By Garrett Martin February 6, 2018 | 9:30am
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Steam Has Failed at Curation and Moderation
By Dante Douglas February 5, 2018 | 12:00pm
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How to Get All 7 Dragon Balls and Summon Shenron in Dragon Ball FighterZ
By Holly Green February 3, 2018 | 1:30pm
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What’s the best way to bring an
old game to new players?
By Matt Gerardi February 2, 2018 | 7:00pm
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Kentucky
Route Zero returns with a local-access teaser before its final act
By Matt Gerardi, Clayton Purdom February 2, 2018 | 6:00am
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Why Does the Shadow of the Colossus Remake Matter?
By Cameron Kunzelman January 31, 2018 | 9:00am
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It's Blizzard's Responsibility to Fight Toxicity in Overwatch League
By Dante Douglas January 30, 2018 | 10:30am
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Monster Hunter: World makes
fighting fantasy dinosaurs as thrilling as it sounds
By William Hughes January 26, 2018 | 5:40pm
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Vesta Makes Me Want More Coming-of-Age Games
By Shonte Daniels January 26, 2018 | 3:00pm
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Religious intrigue helps make Iconoclasts more than just another retro platformer
By Matt Gerardi, Sam Barsanti January 26, 2018 | 6:00am
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Innerspace Should Have the Confidence to Stay Silent
By Garrett Martin January 22, 2018 | 3:23pm
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They Are Billions: Steampunk, Colonialism and the Undead
By Dante Douglas January 22, 2018 | 12:22pm
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Nintendo's Wii U-Era DLC Plan Bears Fruit with Snipperclips Plus
By Garrett Martin January 19, 2018 | 3:15pm
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Nintendo Labo Is For Families With Young Kids—And That's OK
By Holly Green January 19, 2018 | 12:30pm
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It took 2 years, but Street
Fighter V is
basically a complete game now
By Matt Gerardi January 19, 2018 | 6:00am
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Bitsy Makes It Easy to Design Small Narrative Games
By Shonte Daniels January 18, 2018 | 3:30pm
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The Most Toxic League of Legends Player Is Back, But Riot May Have Stunted His #Reformation
By Brian Bell January 18, 2018 | 1:30pm
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When Is Minimalism in Videogames a Cop Out?
By Holly Green January 17, 2018 | 12:05pm
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Unreal: How a Survivor Parody Explores the Artificiality of Games and Reality TV
By Dante Douglas January 16, 2018 | 10:30am
