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How the 'Life is Strange' Soundtrack Shapes the Player Experience Through Music, by Abby Adamson
WARNING: Spoilers for the Life is Strange games ahead. Proceed with caution; this action will have consequences … If you’re a nerd like...
wmsr60
Oct 23, 20235 min read


From Batwing to Websling: The Timeless Predecessor of Insomniac's 'Spider-Man,' by Emma Rudkin
I don’t play many video games, but there’s always one every few years that captivates my attention. For example, I absolutely fell in...
wmsr60
Sep 30, 20235 min read


Why Does Everyone Wanna Catch Em All?, by Ethan K. Poole
Of all the ideas for a franchise any human being has ever had, Pokémon has made the most money. It is the most successful media franchise...
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May 2, 20236 min read


Sonic is Dead (In a Good Way This Time), by Ethan K. Poole
For this year’s April Fool’s Day, video game developers at Sega posted a trailer for a new entry in their flagship franchise: Sonic the...
wmsr60
Apr 17, 20233 min read


Retro Remakes, by Jonathan Mirau
Companies use nostalgia to bait customers, but it can still lead to fun games. We have fun memories of throwing red shells at our friends in Mario Kart, playing minigames in Mario Party and drawing the Master Sword in The Legend of Zelda for the first time. When replaying the games, we feel more than just nostalgia. We can find things that we missed the first time around. We discover side quests the second time, and each time we play a game we become better at it. As new cons
wmsr60
Oct 3, 20223 min read


The Little Things in Life is Strange, by Ilsa Miller
If there’s one genre of games that I will never grow tired of, it’s storyline games. Be it in board game format or on PC, they’re the...
Evan Laslo
Apr 3, 20226 min read


Polygon’s Unraveled and How to Answer Stupid Questions, by Ethan K. Poole
When you think of video game content on YouTube, there are probably a handful of genres that come to mind. Maybe you imagine let’s plays,...
Evan Laslo
Apr 2, 20224 min read


Okay, Who Accidentally Put a Good Quest in Cyberpunk 2077? by Henri Robbins
Making a good social critique is difficult. Making a complex and nuanced one is near-impossible. Especially in the modern, post-digital...
Evan Laslo
Feb 13, 20226 min read


Can Halo Infinite be great? by Henri Robbins
It’s a Friday night in the early 2010s. You’re sitting in your best friend’s basement. On the table in front of you, three liters of...
Evan Laslo
Nov 23, 202112 min read


“HELLO. DEAR. TELL EVERYONE. HELLO.” Oxenfree’s Overlooked Details, by Ilsa Miller
>>> START <<< As is tradition, the Camena High Junior Class travels to the nearby Edwards Island for an overnight rager full of illegal...
Evan Laslo
Nov 15, 20215 min read


A Glorious, Gore-Filled Comparison of DOOM & DOOM Eternal, by Rachel Foley
DOOM (2016) is a faced-paced, linear arcade shooter with the most visceral and gruesome visuals of any Bethesda franchise, allowing for a...
Evan Laslo
Sep 24, 20215 min read
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