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FFXIV on Switch 2 Will Get Me to Actually Do My Dailies Regularly Now

Even as a big advocate for handheld gaming, the announcement of FFXIV's Switch 2 port had me a little nervous. How well would this...

From Vanillaware to Veritas Tales: Yoshio Nishimura on Creating Without Compromise (Interview)

Solo dev stories are not uncommon in the video games industry. What is out of the ordinary, however, are developers who actively go out...
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Pluribus’ Strongest Episode Yet Is About the Beauty of Being Human

This article contains spoilers for Pluribus Season 1 episode 7, The Gap."My name is Manousos Oviedo. I am not one of them. I wish...
Zhiqing Wan
A large statue with a fire in the middle. Divinity as one of the The Game Awards 2025 trailers.

All Trailers We Saw at The Game Awards 2025

The Game Awards isn't really about the awards. It never has been. Instead, it's more about the trailers for games we already know about...
Zhiqing Wan
A girl with pink hair on a bike. Cover image for our Unbeatable review.

Unbeatable: The Retcon Review

The drum line kicks in with a flourish. The bass pounds softly in the background. A strum of the guitar rings through the stadium...
Zhiqing Wan
A woman sitting down looking shocked in Pluribus.

Pluribus’ Hivemind Just Got a Lot More Sinister

This article contains spoilers for Pluribus episode 6.What started out as a rather unconventionally courteous and polite overtaking of the human race has taken...
Zhiqing Wan
Cover image for our Octopath Traveler 0 review.

Octopath Traveler 0: The Retcon Review

Like the two games that came before it, the combat system of Octopath Traveler 0 never fails to put me in a trance. Pinpoint...
Zhiqing Wan
A woman with her hands outwards in Pluribus.

Pluribus Finally Shows Us that Humanity Is Truly Lost

This article contains spoilers for Pluribus episode 5.In its first four episodes, Pluribus opened up a fascinating debate about whether Carol or the hivemind...