THE SURVIVORS is a brilliant, limited series that takes place in a small, Australian town.…
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Last week’s episode of THE LAST OF US shook TV viewers unfamiliar with the source material. Not since the red wedding episode of GAME OF THRONES have HBO viewers gasped and guffawed in shock like that. They did what?! And then that?! And OMG really? So it’s natural that THE PATH is a come down from all of that.…
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UNTIL DAWN is not a good movie. I could have easily thrown it a 🤮reaction, written a few sentences and hit publish. But I reset my expectations and had a lot more fun than I thought I would. …
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NICKEL BOYS is easily the most magical experience at the movies this year.…
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THE PLUCKY SQUIRE is a game I wanted to love but ended up hate quitting. Nintendo shouldn’t hold the monopoly on fantastic platformers. We can have rare exceptions like this year’s ASTRO BOT take GOTY, and that is okay. However, I get frustrated when critics like mediocre games because of the animation, original story, and intent. On paper, THE PLUCKY SQUIRE should be a bonafide hit. It has everything that you’d want from a platformer. It looks and feels like…
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ASTRO BOT reminded me that video games can be magical. Everything about this game is delightful. Even when it’s punishing you with a challenging platforming level, you can’t help but smile, as it’s never the game’s fault that you died. It’s always a user error, but it’s a mistake you can learn and optimize for your next life. For this review, I could discuss the various gameplay mechanics, as people have seen in all the other reviews: the epic boss…
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ANIMAL WELL is something you play, and you immediately want to talk to someone else about and learn how they solved some of the most perplexing puzzles or even the order in which they beat the bosses.…
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FALLOUT is a journey through the Wasteland that audiences will want to leave the comfort of their vaults to enjoy.…
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The latest 2D Mario is, for lack of a better word, wonderful. It combines everything you loved as a kid about SUPER MARIO WORLD on SNES with better graphics, play control, options, and even more challenging stages. It’s scary to think that this is the first new side-scrolling Mario since the WiiU. And it’s also frightening how consistent Nintendo continues to be in developing Mario video games. What sets WONDER apart from the previous installments are a few key items:…
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