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Review : Promise Mascot Agency : Like A Driver

Review : Promise Mascot Agency : Like A Driver

A prominent surreal aesthetic in which heavily filtered memories of yesteryear recall simpler days has permeated social media in recent years. To ground this concept in a video game about an ex-yakuza managing an agency of Japanese mascots sounds outlandish, yet once seeing it in action, it feels meant to…
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Review : Karma Dark World : A Mind-Bending Dystopian Journey

Review : Karma Dark World : A Mind-Bending Dystopian Journey

Karma: Dark World caught me completely off guard. Marketed as a cinematic first-person psychological thriller, it turns out to be far more ambitious and emotionally affecting than I could have imagined. The debut game from Shanghai-based Pollard Studio, Karma: Dark World offers a surreal and haunting experience that blends political…
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Review : Atomfall : Embrace The Tension

Review : Atomfall : Embrace The Tension

The dangers posed by breakthrough scientific advancement have seldom been heeded. Case in point, the Windscale nuclear accident occurred in 1957. The worst in the history of the United Kingdom, it was safely contained due to the tenacity of a handful of scientists. But what if it wasn’t? Atomfall presents…
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Review : Two Point Museum : A Curator’s Paradise

Review : Two Point Museum : A Curator’s Paradise

Two Point Studios, the team behind Two Point Hospital and Two Point Campus, is back with Two Point Museum, a vibrant and quirky management sim where you build, customize, and manage museums filled with all types of oddities and exhibits. Packed with the same humor and charm that made their…
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Review : Lost Records: Bloom & Rage : Grrrl Power

Review : Lost Records: Bloom & Rage : Grrrl Power

DON'T NOD, the original studio of Life Is Strange, has always specialized in capturing a moment in time, thrusting you into those situations alongside its starry-eyed characters. Fine-tuned to a fault, its trademark playstyle has finally evolved into Lost Records: Bloom & Rage. A journey of a thousand miles begins…
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Review : Avowed : Awowed

Review : Avowed : Awowed

In 2012, Obsidian Entertainment announced, launched, and funded what became, at the time, the biggest video game Kickstarter project in history: Project Eternity. Four million dollars and three years later, Project Eternity released to critical acclaim and commercial success as Pillars of Eternity, a traditional computer role-playing game, or cRPG,…
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