Category: Takes
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My Hottest Gaming Takes of 2025 So Far
This may surprise you, given the title of this article, but I don’t like a lot of “hot takes” in the gaming space. I feel like a lot of these takes are given in bad faith, and mostly for attention. Calling a very well regarded game “bad” is an easy way to get attention and…
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Silksong Is Going To Be The First Soulslike I Ever Complete, Even If It Kills Me
Note: If your main thought on this piece is “BUT SILKSONG ISN’T A SOULSLIKE,” I literally do not care. It’s close enough. Touching grass is so important in these trying times. I have a weird relationship with soulslikes. I tend to enjoy them, but only to a certain point. Depending on the game, I usually…
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Everyone Wants To Make A Difference, And No One Knows How
Despite loving video games for my entire life, I have spent long chunks of time completely disconnected from the broader gaming community. I play a lot of single-player games. Few of my friends play anything besides the biggest releases. Outside of when I was on GameFAQs a lot in my younger years, I generally had…
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Gaming Roundup: The Games I Recently Abandoned
I used to be really bad about completing games. I’d abandon at least 50% of the games I played for most of my life. There were a few reasons for this. Part of it is how often I used to have to emulate back in the day. It’s just so easy to turn away from…
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The Biggest Things I Learned Through Video Games At Age 36
I do two posts a week with this blog religiously. It’s not easy sometimes. If you follow the blog closely, first off, thank you, but second off, you’ve probably noticed how often I find almost any idea and turn it into a list. Part of that is because I’m just a list sicko and love…
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Boys Don’t Cry During The Death Stranding 2 Ending
Note: There are spoilers for the ending of Death Stranding 2 in this article. They are marked, and the article should still function roughly the same with or without them. But there’s one thing I knowThe blues they send to meet meWon’t defeat me, it won’t be longTill happiness steps up to greet me Raindrops…
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Three Reasons Why You Should Keep The Timer On In Hell Clock
You can read my early thoughts on Hell Clock here as well. Hell Clock launches today. This is a game built around the War of Canudos in Brazil back in 1896. But essentially, this is the closest thing to if Diablo or Path of Exile was a roguelite. There’s plenty of loot, build options, and…
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Three Early Impressions: Hell Clock
A review code for this game was provided by Keymailer and Mad Mushroom. When my wife and I went on our first date, we both pretty much knew afterward that we were going to marry each other. Neither of us had ever felt that way about anyone before. Sometimes, both parties connect immediately, and it…
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The Gaming Press Completely Screwed Up With Their Rematch Reviews
I am someone who really respects the job that game reviewers do. I think that Opencritic and Metacritic are legitimately useful tools, and in many cases, my own takes on a game end up being roughly in line with the consensus review score. I know it’s a rarity to hear this view these days, but…
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Four Simple Soccer Concepts That Will Make You Better At Rematch
I will likely be talking a lot about Rematch in the coming weeks. This is the new arena soccer game from the developers of Sifu. I am not someone who gets sucked into multiplayer games. I am also someone who never plays sports games despite loving sports. But I am completely hooked on this game.…
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