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‘Yoshi and the Mysterious Book’ Review: A Creative, Joy-Inducing Puzzle Adventure

Published 5/27/2026

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‘Directive 8020’ Review: Sci-Fi Body Horror That Can’t Shake the Shackles of Its Influences

Published 5/23/2026

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‘Wax Heads’ Review: A Magical Narrative Sim

Published 5/5/2026

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'TR-49' Review: An Archive of Unrest

Published 1/21/2026

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'MIO: Memories in Orbit' Review: A Metroidvania as Existential Trial

Published 1/19/2026

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'Unbeatable' Review: An Electrifying Rhythm Adventure

Published 12/9/2025

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'Battlefield 6' Review: A Jingoistic War Game

Published 10/18/2025

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'Pipistrello and the Cursed Yoyo' Review: A Weird, Wonderful Yoyovania

Published 5/28/2025

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'Bionic Bay' Review: A Scientific-Themed Descent into Darkness

Published 4/23/2025

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'Monaco 2' Review: High-Stakes Heisting with Flair

Published 4/9/2025

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'Blue Prince' Review: Building a Mystery

Published 4/7/2025

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'Assassin's Creed Shadows' Review: A Feudal Power Fantasy

Published 3/18/2025

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'Everhood 2' Review: All Over the Place and Back Again

Published 3/3/2025

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'Rift of the NecroDancer' Review: Can't Stop the Music

Published 1/29/2025

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'Eternal Strands' Review: 'Hades' Meets 'Shadow of the Colossus'

Published 1/27/2025

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'Antonblast' Review: A Winning Riff on Platformers

Published 12/2/2024

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'Yars Rising' Review: A Love Letter Divided Against Itself

Published 9/10/2024

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'I Am Your Beast' Review: You Are What You Play

Published 9/10/2024

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'Eden Genesis' Review: Getting Up with the Sickness

Published 8/22/2024

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'Black Myth: Wukong' Review: In the Realm of the Senses

Published 8/16/2024

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'Nobody Wants to Die' Review: In a Lonely Place

Published 7/28/2024

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'Linkito' Review: A Dystopian Game of Connect the Dots

Published 7/23/2024

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'Cryptmaster' Review: Words Fail

Published 5/9/2024

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'Children of the Sun' Review: Bend It Like Beckham...With a Bullet

Published 4/16/2024

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'BIOMORPH' Review: Mega Man Meets Kirby in 2D Metroidvania

Published 4/7/2024

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'Banishers: Ghosts of New Eden' Review

Published 2/12/2024

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'American Arcadia' Review: All The World’s a Puzzling Stage

Published 11/15/2023

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'Assassin’s Creed: Mirage' Review: A Blinkered Throwback

Published 10/4/2023

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'Moving Out 2' Review: Moving on Up

Published 8/11/2023

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'Atlas Fallen' Review: Nothing to Shrug At

Published 8/9/2023

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'Dr. Fetus’ Mean Meat Machine' Review

Published 6/22/2023

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'Harmony: The Fall of Reverie' Review: On the Path to Selflessness

Published 6/8/2023

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'Killer Frequency' Review: A Golden Oldie

Published 6/1/2023

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'TRON: Identity' Review: A Well-Written Return to a Hollow Grid

Published 4/11/2023

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'Curse of the Sea Rats' Review: A Half-Baked Metroidvania

Published 4/3/2023

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'The Last Worker' Review: Welcome to the Jüngle

Published 3/30/2023

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'Have a Nice Death' Review: Fear the Reaper

Published 3/16/2023

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'Blanc' Review: Searching for Family in a Black-and-White World

Published 2/14/2023

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'A Space for the Unbound' Review: Editing Your Slice of Life

Published 1/18/2023

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'The Knight Witch' Review: Firing on All Cylinders

Published 11/28/2022

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'The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe' Review: Self-Referentiality R Us

Published 5/15/2022

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Review: Call of Duty: Vanguard’s Looks to the Past to Find a Way Forward

Published 11/9/2021

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Review: Greak: Memories of Azur Is a Vibrantly Detailed but Hollow Family Affair

Published 8/13/2021

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Review: Cris Tales Thrillingly Pits Time Against You, But Also Against Itself

Published 7/28/2021

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'Poison Control' Review: OD'ing on Mediocrity

Published 4/12/2021

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Review: Samurai Jack: Battle Through Time Wields the Dullest of Blades - Slant Magazine

Published 8/28/2020

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'Deadly Premonition 2' Review: A Janky, Navel-Gazing Waste of Time

Published 7/29/2020

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'Rädical Rabbit Stew' Review: A Comic Medley of Things That Work

Published 7/16/2020

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'Desperados III' Review: Perfect for Gunslingers Without Twitchy Fingers

Published 6/15/2020

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'Evan’s Remains' Revie: A Unique, If Too Brief, Puzzle Platformer

Published 6/9/2020

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