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Articles by Dave Tomaine

  • Get in Line: Monotony, Immersion, and Wasting Time With Illusion of Gaia games Get in Line: Monotony, Immersion, and Wasting Time With Illusion of Gaia By Dave Tomaine September 23, 2024 | 2:37pm
  • The Power of Prayer: 30 Years of Earthbound games The Power of Prayer: 30 Years of Earthbound By Dave Tomaine August 27, 2024 | 1:01pm
  • Don’t Forget To Call Your Mother: 35 Years of Nintendo's Mother games Don’t Forget To Call Your Mother: 35 Years of Nintendo's Mother By Dave Tomaine July 26, 2024 | 10:15am
  • The Man In The Mirror: Personal Transformation in Final Fantasy IV games The Man In The Mirror: Personal Transformation in Final Fantasy IV By Dave Tomaine July 18, 2024 | 2:33pm
  • Final Fantasy VI Is a Game for Losers games Final Fantasy VI Is a Game for Losers By Dave Tomaine April 3, 2024 | 3:45pm
  • Breaking Up With Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice games Breaking Up With Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice By Dave Tomaine March 26, 2024 | 2:31pm
  • Mother Is Mothering: Grief, Queerness, and Softness in Mother 3 games Mother Is Mothering: Grief, Queerness, and Softness in Mother 3 By Dave Tomaine February 28, 2024 | 10:09am
  • Prince of Persia’s New Clothes: Gay Awakenings In The Sands Of Time games Prince of Persia’s New Clothes: Gay Awakenings In The Sands Of Time By Dave Tomaine November 7, 2023 | 1:05pm
  • You Got Games On There? A Return To The Nokia N-Gage games You Got Games On There? A Return To The Nokia N-Gage By Dave Tomaine October 6, 2023 | 2:08pm
  • Final Fantasy XVI Fails Its Players and Its World with Its Misguided Treatment of Slavery games Final Fantasy XVI Fails Its Players and Its World with Its Misguided Treatment of Slavery By Dave Tomaine July 26, 2023 | 2:35pm
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