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Animal Crossing: New Horizons Is as Anxiety-Inducing as It Is Relaxing
By Natalie Flores March 25, 2020 | 12:30pm
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Everything We Know about George R. R. Martin and From Software's Elden Ring So Far
By Austin Jones March 24, 2020 | 3:15pm
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Animal Crossing: New Horizons' Deserted Island Is a Little Too Deserted
By Garrett Martin March 23, 2020 | 6:30pm
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See What Happens When You Abandon Your Animal Crossing Village for 15 Years
By Garrett Martin March 20, 2020 | 5:38pm
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The Unbearable Silliness of Doom Eternal
By Cameron Kunzelman March 20, 2020 | 2:15pm
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Let’s take a tour of gaming’s most scenic apocalypses
By William Hughes March 20, 2020 | 5:00am
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Holding on to Nothing in Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp
By Dia Lacina March 19, 2020 | 3:00pm
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Final Fantasy XIV Is the Perfect Game for Life Under the Coronavirus
By Natalie Flores March 18, 2020 | 12:45pm
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Game over, man: How Aliens—not Alien—shaped three decades of gaming history
By Alexander Chatziioannou March 18, 2020 | 11:00am
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Function and Aesthetic in In Other Waters: An Interview
By Holly Green March 16, 2020 | 12:15pm
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Nioh 2’s inventory system is hot, glutted garbage
By William Hughes March 13, 2020 | 5:00am
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The Quiz in Pokemon Mystery Dungeon Rescue Team DX Is Rigged and I Demand a Retake
By Holly Green March 10, 2020 | 2:15pm
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When it comes to interactive nightmares, you just can't beat the (in)human touch
By William Hughes March 6, 2020 | 6:00am
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ScourgeBringer Goes Rogue and Succeeds in One of the Most Overexposed Genres in Videogames
By Garrett Martin March 3, 2020 | 9:30am
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Eliza Explores the Benefits and Imperfections of Therapy
By Holly Green March 2, 2020 | 12:45pm
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The Final Fantasy VII Remake has heroic terrorists, fake news, and a massive legacy to reckon with
By William Hughes March 2, 2020 | 9:00am
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New Horizons Looks Pretty, But I Just Want My Old Animal Crossing Back
By Dia Lacina February 28, 2020 | 2:30pm
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The Intoxicating Mundanity of Red Dead Online
By Cole Henry February 28, 2020 | 12:15pm
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Final Fantasy XV and the joy of games that arrive unfinished
By Sam Barsanti February 28, 2020 | 6:00am
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How to Make Games Funny: Three Designers Discuss Comedy Games
By Holly Green February 27, 2020 | 12:45pm
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Kentucky Route Zero Is the Rare Story that Sheds Light on the Experiences of Millennials of Color
By Natalie Flores February 25, 2020 | 1:00pm
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The Sonic movie should have had people puking in their seats
By William Hughes February 21, 2020 | 6:00am
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World of Horror Combines H.P. Lovecraft and Junji Ito for a New Kind of Terror
By Holly Green February 20, 2020 | 1:30pm
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Nothing says “best video game buds” like being an absolute pain in the ass
By William Hughes February 14, 2020 | 6:00am
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Everything You Need To Know About Pokémon Home
By Holly Green February 13, 2020 | 12:30pm
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5 board games to bring a little extra life to your Oscars party
By Samantha Nelson February 8, 2020 | 2:00pm
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Why the Unexplained Unreality of Death Stranding’s America Is So Frustrating
By Dia Lacina February 7, 2020 | 1:30pm
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A great double jump can help any game rise above its faults
By William Hughes February 7, 2020 | 6:00am
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On the Lonely, Gentrified Streets of Neo Cab
By Holly Green February 3, 2020 | 10:15am
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What is the weirdest thing you’ve ever done in The Sims?
By The A.V. Club, Sam Barsanti, Angelica Cataldo, Randall Colburn, Danette Chavez, Shannon Miller February 1, 2020 | 2:00pm
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Kentucky Route Zero on the Switch is a beautiful, sometimes infuriating dream
By William Hughes January 31, 2020 | 6:00am
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Kind Words is the massive multiplayer game primarily about being nice to people
By Joey Clift January 28, 2020 | 12:00pm
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How Pamali: Indonesian Folklore Horror Upends the Conventions of Horror Game Design
By Holly Green January 27, 2020 | 3:15pm
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Cook Serve Delicious 3's Early Access Preview Takes the Food Truck on the Road
By Holly Green January 24, 2020 | 11:15am
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The new Dragon Ball Z game is a pitch-perfect recreation of a godawful kids’ cartoon
By William Hughes January 24, 2020 | 6:00am
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Breaking Down Final Fantasy XIV's NieR: Automata Raid with Naoki Yoshida and Yoko Taro
By Natalie Flores January 23, 2020 | 11:40am
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Super Crush KO Is the Bubblegum Badass Game I Wish I Had as a Kid
By Holly Green January 21, 2020 | 10:10am
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Bless the Switch for making it so easy to play Japanese video games
By Sam Barsanti January 17, 2020 | 6:00am
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The Elegance of Dragon Quest Builders 2 Will Make It a Cult Classic
By Cameron Kunzelman January 16, 2020 | 2:00pm
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Why is it so hard to make a good comedy game?
By William Hughes January 15, 2020 | 5:15pm
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Storytelling Authority in Today's Political Climate: An Interview with Life Is Strange Series Co-Director Michel Koch
By Natalie Flores January 15, 2020 | 11:45am
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Pokémon Rules Everything Around Me
By Holly Green January 14, 2020 | 2:01pm
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Mega Mall Story 2 Turned Me Into a Raging Capitalist--And I Loved It
By Dia Lacina January 13, 2020 | 2:00pm
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Pokémon’s journey to the DLC Region was a long time coming
By William Hughes January 10, 2020 | 6:00am
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How Puzzle Game Superliminal Recharged My Batteries After a Tough Year
By Holly Green January 8, 2020 | 3:00pm
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Life Is Strange 2 Is a Beautiful, Empathetic Blessing in a World Full of Cowardice
By Natalie Flores January 7, 2020 | 9:30am
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Slaying the backlog in 2020
By William Hughes January 3, 2020 | 6:00am
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Disco Elysium Is a Kind of Self-Loathing I Can Understand
By Holly Green December 31, 2019 | 12:30pm
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Life Is Strange 2 Is the Antithesis to Gaming's Obsession with Missing Moms
By Natalie Flores December 27, 2019 | 11:31am
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What were your favorite games of 2019?
By William Hughes December 27, 2019 | 6:00am
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2019: The year of cosmic horror games
By Alexander Chatziioannou December 21, 2019 | 4:00pm
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The Soothingly Surreal Wattam Reminds Us to Just Be Friends
By Garrett Martin December 20, 2019 | 3:45pm
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5 new party games to liven up your holidays
By Samantha Nelson December 20, 2019 | 6:00am
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The A.V. Club’s favorite games of 2019
By The A.V. Club December 18, 2019 | 3:00pm
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The best, worst, and weirdest entries from nearly 40 years of Star Wars video games
By Anthony John Agnello December 17, 2019 | 12:00pm
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How To Get a Shiny in Pokémon Sword and Shield
By Holly Green December 16, 2019 | 12:30pm
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Christmas comes early with the festive, bloody Die Hard: The Nakatomi Heist
By Samantha Nelson December 13, 2019 | 6:00am
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How the Clash Royale League World Finals 2019 Reminded Me of the Best Baseball Game I've Ever Seen
By Garrett Martin December 10, 2019 | 4:00pm
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Happy 25th birthday to ugly-beautiful PlayStation memory card art
By William Hughes December 6, 2019 | 6:00am
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At War in the City of Love: The Summoners War World Arena Championship Takes Paris
By Garrett Martin December 2, 2019 | 10:30am
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And a very merry Binge Gaming Day to you!
By William Hughes November 29, 2019 | 6:00am
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The evolution of online gaming threatens extinction for the disconnected life
By Angelica Cataldo November 23, 2019 | 4:00pm
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So What Is This Google Stadia Thing, Anyway?
By Garrett Martin November 22, 2019 | 4:45pm
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Edmund McMillen details the launch of his poop-flecked puzzle game, Legend Of Bum-bo
By William Hughes November 22, 2019 | 6:00am
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Pokémon Sword and Shield sell sports star mystique better than any Madden game
By William Hughes November 20, 2019 | 7:00pm
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Glory to Mankind—and to Final Fantasy XIV's Nier: Automata Raid
By Natalie Flores November 20, 2019 | 1:10pm
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A Guide to Camping and Cooking Curry in Pokémon Sword and Shield
By Holly Green November 17, 2019 | 10:49am
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Pokémon Sword and Shield FAQ: Your Questions Answered
By Holly Green November 15, 2019 | 9:57am
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How To Solve the Water Gym Challenge in Pokémon Sword and Shield
By Holly Green November 15, 2019 | 9:38am
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With the new Modern Warfare, Call Of Duty gives into fear
By Sam Barsanti November 15, 2019 | 6:00am
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How Fortnite made gaming accessible to everyone, one dab at a time
By Sam Barsanti November 14, 2019 | 5:00pm
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Mutazione Is a Quiet Lesson in Spiritual Botany
By Holly Green November 12, 2019 | 2:30pm
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The Sound of Death Stranding: Behind the Score of Hideo Kojima's New Game
By Holly Green November 8, 2019 | 9:30am
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This brilliant drug-making sim would be a great addition to a Walter White chemistry class
By William Hughes November 8, 2019 | 6:00am
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The most important games of the 2010s
By The A.V. Club, Sam Barsanti, Alex McLevy, A.A. Dowd November 6, 2019 | 12:00pm
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A Companion Guide to The Outer Worlds
By Holly Green November 4, 2019 | 11:30am
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A Few Hours with Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order
By Garrett Martin November 1, 2019 | 2:45pm
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Disco Elysium is the best unofficial Twin Peaks game ever made
By William Hughes November 1, 2019 | 5:00am
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How the Janitors in White Day: A Labyrinth Named School Made Me Change How I Act in the Real World
By Dia Lacina October 31, 2019 | 1:30pm
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Sayonara Wild Hearts Says Hello to Love and Acceptance
By Natalie Flores October 31, 2019 | 11:33am
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For a far-flung space opera, The Outer Worlds treads depressingly familiar ground
By William Hughes October 25, 2019 | 5:00am
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Exploring the Bottomless Trauma and Questionable Forgiveness at the Heart of Bloodborne: The Old Hunters
By Dia Lacina October 23, 2019 | 1:30pm
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Five years of Five Nights At Freddy’s
By William Hughes October 21, 2019 | 11:00am
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Nintendo’s new mobile Mario Kart Tour game isn’t as awful as it wants you to think
By Sam Barsanti October 18, 2019 | 5:00am
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Disco Elysium Proves Why It's Sometimes Good to Play to Fail
By Holly Green October 17, 2019 | 1:30pm
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Shrimp Morty, Other Mortys Coming to Rick and Morty Game Pocket Mortys
By Garrett Martin October 17, 2019 | 12:02pm
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Killer Queen Black is the most fun you can have without high-fiving a stranger
By William Hughes October 11, 2019 | 5:00am
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5 Great Apple Arcade Games
By Garrett Martin October 10, 2019 | 6:30pm
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The Link’s Awakening remake is a dream that’s easy to share
By William Hughes October 4, 2019 | 5:00am
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The Overwatch League Grand Finals Had Everything Except A Competitive Match
By Brian Bell October 3, 2019 | 4:00pm
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What Is Untitled Goose Game, and How Did It Get So Popular?
By Garrett Martin October 3, 2019 | 11:15am
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A good bad game is much better than a bad good game
By Sam Barsanti September 27, 2019 | 5:00am
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With its final puzzle, Untitled Goose Game becomes a masterpiece of the stealth genre
By Sam Barsanti September 25, 2019 | 7:00pm
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Blasphemous Turns Catholicism Into A Haunted House
By Javy Gwaltney September 24, 2019 | 3:45pm
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The Sega Genesis Mini Is More Than Just Nostalgia
By Garrett Martin September 24, 2019 | 2:40pm
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What You Need to Know about the Switch Lite, Nintendo's New Handheld
By Garrett Martin September 20, 2019 | 4:15pm
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The VR Groundhog Day sequel is better than every single word in that description might suggest
By William Hughes September 20, 2019 | 5:00am
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Realm of Magic Is Another Welcome, but Thin, Expansion for The Sims 4
By Holly Green September 19, 2019 | 2:00pm
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Fire Emblem: Three Houses Surprisingly Calls Out Its Own Problematic Romances
By Dia Lacina September 18, 2019 | 4:00pm
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In a 1987 video game, Chernobyl’s nuclear reactor was nearly impossible to blow up
By Alexander Chatziioannou September 17, 2019 | 11:00am
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The Sega Genesis Mini Reminds Us that the Best Genesis Games Weren't the Most Famous
By Garrett Martin September 13, 2019 | 6:00pm
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Put ActRaiser on the Switch, you cowards
By William Hughes September 13, 2019 | 5:00am
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Iceborne is a great way to get hideously addicted to Monster Hunter all over again
By William Hughes September 6, 2019 | 5:00am
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Super Meat Boy Forever Plants the Seeds of Freedom with a Unique Approach to Level Design
By Holly Green September 5, 2019 | 12:45pm
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In The Longing, Time Is Everything
By Holly Green September 3, 2019 | 5:30pm
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Let’s solve some of the mysteries of Control
By Sam Barsanti August 31, 2019 | 5:00pm
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Videogames Don't Need Defending Because They're Part of the Problem
By Natalie Flores August 30, 2019 | 4:30pm
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By The Way, Yes, You Can Pet The Dog in Blair Witch
By Holly Green August 30, 2019 | 3:00pm
