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Blockbuster Games Should Be Treated Like Blockbuster Movies

Jordan Ashley - November 1, 2018

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Prepare to Plunder City of Brass on the Switch
If you ever felt like playing the underlying framework of a BioShock game with the horror swapped out for something different, check out City of Brass on Nintendo Switch. The game shares some of BioShock’s first-person mechanics, but with the promise of something new. It’s clear that City of Brass developer, Uppercut Games, includes a number of veteran […]
Rehabilitate Your Town in Combat-Free RPG Littlewood
It’s almost an unspoken rule in games. Grass is green, evil must be defeated, and in RPGs combat is a primary game mechanic. Surprisingly, that isn’t the case for Littlewood. The self-described “peaceful RPG” is about to reach the end of its campaign on Kickstarter and promises the full RPG experience—without all the fighting. Littlewood is unusual in […]
Achtung! Cthulhu Tactics Review: Occult Strategy in World War II
Achtung! Cthulhu Tactics is like a stalemate between entertainment and a drag. It’s stimulating to plan out your next move. Unfortunately, waiting for your enemy to finish their turn—sometimes out-of-sight where it’s not only meaningless to you, but boring—slows things down beyond a contemplative break in action. It becomes something more tiresome. Still, the game […]
Life is Strange 2 Rules Review: Character Building in Beaver Creek
The second episode of Life is Strange 2, Rules, slowed things down. This episode didn’t cram quite as much into its running time as the first. Rules also ties into the previously released Awesome Adventures of Captain Spirit by using choices made in that mini-episode in its own plot, something which turned out to be quite underwhelming. Aside […]

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Blockbuster Games Should Be Treated Like Blockbuster Movies