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The Sims 4 Paranormal Captures the Unpredictability of a Haunted House
By Holly Green January 29, 2021 | 2:00pm
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Void Terrarium Is One of the Best Games of 2020 That Nobody Seemed to Play
By Waverly January 29, 2021 | 11:10am
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Help, I can’t stop KABONK-ing people in Hitman 3 VR
By William Hughes January 29, 2021 | 6:00am
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In Praise of Agadmator, the Best Chess Youtuber in the World
By Shane Ryan January 29, 2021 | 12:30am
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The Power of the Personal: The Enduring Resonance of Everything Is Going to Be Okay
By Grace Benfell January 28, 2021 | 3:15pm
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Balan Wonderworld Is a New '90s Throwback from the Creators of Sonic Adventure and Nights
By Moises Taveras January 27, 2021 | 2:05pm
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Hollow Knight's Ingenious Map System Ensures There's Always Something More to Find
By Moises Taveras January 26, 2021 | 1:45pm
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Jeopardy! Playshow is an okay video game, but a great way to watch Jeopardy!
By Sam Barsanti January 22, 2021 | 6:00am
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The Gloriously Unhinged and Unpredictable Wrestling Empire Makes Wrestling Games Fun Again
By Garrett Martin January 20, 2021 | 4:15pm
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Unraveling Conspiracy!: Q&A with the Developer of the New QAnon Satire Game
By Garrett Martin January 19, 2021 | 3:00pm
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The Last Year Has Made Left 4 Dead More Powerful Than Ever
By Moises Taveras January 19, 2021 | 11:25am
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I Apologize to Anybody Who Expected Me to Do Anything This Year Other Than Play Picross
By Garrett Martin January 15, 2021 | 1:20pm
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Here’s hoping that new Indiana Jones game remembers to make Indy a big ol’ doofus
By William Hughes January 15, 2021 | 6:00am
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Bethesda and Lucasfilm Games are teaming up for the Indiana Jones video game
By Shannon Miller January 12, 2021 | 6:51pm
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The 10 Most Anticipated New Games of 2021
By Garrett Martin January 8, 2021 | 4:15pm
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Hey, did Cyberpunk 2077 get kind of fun while we weren't looking?
By William Hughes January 8, 2021 | 6:00am
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Meet the All-Womxn Speedrunners of Fleet Fatales
By Joseph Stanichar January 5, 2021 | 11:00am
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Puyo Puyo Tetris 2 Is a Reminder of How We Maintain our Relationships
By Waverly December 28, 2020 | 12:15pm
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Star Wars 1313 Could Have Been The Mandalorian Videogame We All Want
By Joseph Stanichar December 23, 2020 | 1:15pm
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Cyberpunk 2077 Is the Game of the Year, but Only in That "Time Man of the Year" Kind of Way
By Garrett Martin December 22, 2020 | 4:30pm
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Hey, Keyboard Geniuses: Here are the games you liked in 2020
By William Hughes December 22, 2020 | 6:00am
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On Twitch, Online Casino Streamers Promote Gambling to Their Audience While Taking on Little Risk
By Nicolas Perez December 21, 2020 | 10:30am
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The A.V. Club’s favorite games of 2020
By William Hughes, Alex McLevy, Randall Colburn, Sam Barsanti, Shannon Miller, Alexander Chatziioannou, Angelica Cataldo, A.A. Dowd, Samantha Nelson December 18, 2020 | 6:00am
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The dwarf mining mayhem of Deep Rock Galactic is one of 2020’s best co-op experiences
By William Hughes December 18, 2020 | 6:00am
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Imaginary Keanu or no, Cyberpunk 2077 is a failure of character
By William Hughes December 15, 2020 | 2:00pm
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Call Of Duty: Black Ops Cold War’s best moments come from other, better games
By Sam Barsanti December 11, 2020 | 6:00am
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Car Seat Headrest's Drummer Has Made a Videogame, and We've Played It
By Lexi Lane December 9, 2020 | 10:45am
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Oculus Quest 2 Is a Great Escape for the Quarantine Blues
By Josh Jackson December 4, 2020 | 11:45am
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25 years ago, Catan became an American hit by beating Monopoly at its own cruel game
By Samantha Nelson December 4, 2020 | 6:00am
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How Fallout 76 Players Use Emotes to Build a Welcoming Community
By Holly Green December 1, 2020 | 11:45am
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Bugsnax’s resident mean girl doesn’t deserve her bad rap
By Shannon Miller November 27, 2020 | 6:00am
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Codenames Is the Perfect Pandemic Game, Will Save Your Social Life
By Shane Ryan November 25, 2020 | 1:30pm
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Tomb Raider: Chronicles pays tribute to the original Lara Croft, gaming’s abandoned superhero
By Angelica Cataldo November 25, 2020 | 12:00pm
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The 2020 Videogame Gift Guide
By Garrett Martin November 24, 2020 | 2:30pm
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We reviewed (nearly) every game out now for the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X
By William Hughes, Sam Barsanti November 24, 2020 | 12:00pm
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The Characters of Paradise Killer Deserve More From Its Finale
By Holly Green November 20, 2020 | 2:20pm
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I would like to play a full-length Yakuza business simulator, please
By William Hughes November 20, 2020 | 6:00am
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Demon’s Souls on the PS5 is an unlikely love letter to brilliant, broken things
By William Hughes November 19, 2020 | 2:00pm
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Where to Find Baby Yoda in the Minecraft Star Wars DLC
By Nicolas Perez November 18, 2020 | 1:15pm
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6 video game worlds we actually want to live in
By The A.V. Club, Erik Adams, William Hughes, Alex McLevy, Sam Barsanti, Patrick Gomez November 14, 2020 | 6:00am
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How to Not Completely Suck at Chess: An Almost-Beginner's Guide
By Shane Ryan November 13, 2020 | 4:00pm
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FUSER should be called Ruin A Song With Smash Mouth’s “All Star” Simulator 2020
By William Hughes November 13, 2020 | 6:00am
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Everything You Need to Know about the Xbox Series X and S
By Garrett Martin November 11, 2020 | 3:35pm
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The Xbox Series X and PlayStation 5 are a triumph for brands, not games
By William Hughes, Sam Barsanti November 11, 2020 | 11:00am
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An ode to load screens—just in time for the Xbox Series X and PS5 to render them obsolete
By Sam Barsanti November 10, 2020 | 3:23pm
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My Gaming PC Has Become The Bad Screen During The Pandemic
By Nicolas Perez November 9, 2020 | 12:30pm
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Demon's Souls' Soundtrack Reminds Us Just How Transient and Treacherous Truth Is
By Dia Lacina November 6, 2020 | 1:35pm
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The PlayStation 5 is bigger, better, beautiful—and a little boring
By William Hughes November 6, 2020 | 1:00pm
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The PlayStation 5 Review: The Power of Consistency
By Garrett Martin November 6, 2020 | 7:00am
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What’s your anxiety game?
By William Hughes November 6, 2020 | 6:00am
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The Xbox Series X is the ultimate Xbox, but that might not be enough right now
By Sam Barsanti November 5, 2020 | 2:00pm
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The Xbox Series X and S Review: A Gaming PC Inside a Game Console
By Garrett Martin November 5, 2020 | 8:00am
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The PlayStation 5 Pack-In Game Astro's Playroom Is a Perfect Introduction to Sony's New System
By Garrett Martin November 4, 2020 | 1:15pm
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Inside the Many Boxes of the PlayStation 5: An Unboxing Gallery
By Garrett Martin November 3, 2020 | 2:00pm
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Can The A.V. Club’s writers beat the Blair Witch—or at least their own loneliness—at its own game?
By William Hughes, Sam Barsanti, Shannon Miller, Alex McLevy, A.A. Dowd November 1, 2020 | 5:00am
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Why Umineko Is the Best Game for Halloween During a Pandemic
By Waverly October 30, 2020 | 1:00pm
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These clever mobile horror games seek to emulate the real world's nastiness—misogyny and all
By Shannon Miller October 30, 2020 | 5:00am
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Little Hope is a crappy horror movie, but a strangely satisfying game
By William Hughes, Alex McLevy October 29, 2020 | 3:00pm
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Unexpected nightmares: The scariest enemies in un-scary games
By William Hughes, Sam Barsanti October 29, 2020 | 5:00am
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I Am Dead Is a Celebration of Life
By Holly Green October 28, 2020 | 1:00pm
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Here's an Xbox Series X Unboxing Gallery
By Garrett Martin October 28, 2020 | 9:00am
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The Five Best Final Fantasy Soundtracks of All Time
By Dia Lacina October 27, 2020 | 10:14am
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The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask—The Coming-of-Age Story I Wasn't Ready For
By Jessica Howard October 26, 2020 | 4:34pm
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Why Watching Dream Beat Minecraft Against the Odds Is So Addicting
By Nicolas Perez October 26, 2020 | 10:00am
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Streamers Shouldn't Have to Pay to Stream Games, Actually
By Nicolas Perez October 23, 2020 | 5:30pm
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Phasmophobia taught me (and my friends) that I’m a rat-bastard coward who would leave them all to die
By William Hughes October 23, 2020 | 5:00am
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Hades' God Mode Is My Best Friend
By October 21, 2020 | 12:20pm
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How Hades Makes The Case For Failure
By Holly Green October 19, 2020 | 11:33am
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Boundary-breaking in video games is unholy and wrong
By Sam Barsanti October 16, 2020 | 5:00am
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Assassin's Creed Valhalla Preview: A New Lease on Open World Games
By Nicolas Perez October 14, 2020 | 12:00pm
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Genshin Impact Is Worthy of the Buzz
By Jessica Howard October 12, 2020 | 3:02pm
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The ocean is a wet hell that only wants us dead
By William Hughes October 9, 2020 | 5:00am
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How to Drift in Star Wars: Squadrons
By Garrett Martin October 7, 2020 | 3:53pm
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Hey, Games Industry, We Need to Have Some Accountability
By Jessica Howard October 6, 2020 | 2:20pm
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Super Mario Bros. 35 Proves that Not Every Game Works as a Battle Royale
By Garrett Martin October 6, 2020 | 10:05am
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Dark Souls III Turns Lonely Grinding Sessions Into Collective Experiences
By Nicolas Perez October 5, 2020 | 1:10pm
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The Blair Witch game is as fun as getting lost in the woods
By A.A. Dowd October 2, 2020 | 5:00am
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Spellbreak Highlights the Real World Anxieties Stirred by the Battle Royale Genre
By Waverly September 30, 2020 | 12:45pm
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Farewell FarmVille for Facebook, we hardly grew ye
By Shannon Miller September 28, 2020 | 5:01pm
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The Sims 4 Star Wars: Journey to Batuu Is Fun but Anticlimactic
By Holly Green September 28, 2020 | 1:30pm
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How Hades Rescues the Roguelike from Its Own Limitations
By Garrett Martin September 25, 2020 | 3:30pm
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Hades makes dying fun as Hell
By William Hughes September 25, 2020 | 5:00am
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Tell Me Why and the Cycles of Family Trauma
By Jessica Howard September 21, 2020 | 2:00pm
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Spelunky 2 has the courage not to mess with perfection
By William Hughes September 18, 2020 | 5:00am
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I'm Now Sold on Both the Xbox Series X and the PlayStation 5
By Nicolas Perez September 17, 2020 | 3:45pm
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Marvel’s Avengers Pt. 2: Earth’s mightiest heroes battle Earth’s crappiest matchmaking
By William Hughes September 17, 2020 | 3:00pm
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Even When Games Finally Go Offline, We'll Always Have Their Soundtracks
By Dia Lacina September 17, 2020 | 12:45pm
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Monster Energy Forcing Gods & Monsters to Change Names Is Ridiculous
By Nicolas Perez September 16, 2020 | 4:00pm
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Like Sands Through The Hour Glass, So Are The Days of Crusader Kings III
By Holly Green September 16, 2020 | 3:00pm
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Give Link a break: Celebrating the legends of people other than Zelda
By William Hughes, Sam Barsanti September 14, 2020 | 5:00am
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Four Slamming Mech Game Soundtracks to Propel You into the Weekend
By Dia Lacina September 11, 2020 | 1:45pm
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Sid Meier’s Memoir! debunks the myth of “Nuclear Gandhi”—but not the assumptions that created him
By William Hughes September 11, 2020 | 5:00am
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Forget Those Goofs from the Movies: Ms. Marvel Is the Star of Marvel's Avengers
By Garrett Martin September 10, 2020 | 3:00pm
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The impossibly perfect landing of Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1 + 2
By Sam Barsanti September 10, 2020 | 11:00am
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Yes, DOOM Can Run On A Pregnancy Test
By Nicolas Perez September 9, 2020 | 4:50pm
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Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1 + 2 Wants you to Feel Every Second of the Last 20 Years
By Garrett Martin September 8, 2020 | 5:10pm
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Videogames, Please Stop Making Me Kill Dogs
By Allison Keene September 8, 2020 | 2:23pm
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Magic: The Gathering Zendikar Rising Preview Card: Ancient Greenwarden
By Cameron Kunzelman September 8, 2020 | 12:00pm
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Marvel’s Avengers has a story so good, it’s almost worth playing Marvel’s Avengers to see it
By William Hughes September 4, 2020 | 11:00am
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Why Among Us Became One of the Biggest Games on Twitch Two Years After Release
By September 4, 2020 | 11:00am
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Control’s AWE expansion isn’t Alan Wake 2, but it is a cool setup for it
By Sam Barsanti September 4, 2020 | 5:00am
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Watch Us Play the Warehouse Level in Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 1 + 2
By Garrett Martin September 3, 2020 | 5:25pm
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Care and Warmth in Eorzea: Queer Companies in Final Fantasy XIV
By Waverly August 31, 2020 | 5:45pm
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Seven Great Videogame Songs of Home and Sanctuary
By Dia Lacina August 31, 2020 | 2:30pm
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Final Fantasy XIV's Expanded Free Trial Fixes One of the Game's Biggest Stumbling Blocks
By August 28, 2020 | 12:00pm
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Why Hulk feel so puny in the Marvel’s Avengers beta?
By William Hughes August 28, 2020 | 5:00am
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Microsoft Flight Simulator Is Back, and It's Brought the Pre-Pandemic World With It
By Garrett Martin August 25, 2020 | 4:00pm
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Outriders Feels Like a Looter Shooter From the Early 2000s, For Better or Worse
By Joseph Stanichar August 25, 2020 | 12:30pm
