Tag: Machine Games
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I’m Glad Wolfenstein 2 Didn’t Let Me Fight Hitler
What I remember about my first visit to Berlin is: Evening air so humid my vest clings to my torso. Lukewarm bottled water. Icy Berliner Pilsner. A young Turkish girl beatboxes on the bus to the city centre. Cigarette smoke, falafel wraps and Jägermeister. Graffiti that tells me ‘Berlin is Poor but Sexy’. Graffiti that…
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5 Times the Princess Saved *Your* Useless Ass
Is it worth it? let me work it put that established narrative convention down, flip it and reverse it …. I am so, so sorry for that. Here’s five times the princess saved you. Saskia saves Geralt – The Witcher 2 If you first came along to the series with The Witcher 3, you never…
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Wolfenstein 2: Do Nazi Lives Matter?
Wolfenstein 2: The New Colossus is not a truly great Wolfenstein game, but it feels like a rung on the ladder to one. It carries the franchise’s history like a millstone carved from a beloved pet rock. Unflinchingly self-conscious; at once brazen and apologetic. The Wolfenstein name is both a slashed Achilles heel, and the…
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Wolfenstein 2 #NoMoreNazis – Genuine or Cynical Marketing?
‘There is only one side’ claims the video Bethesda posted last week to promote the Nazi stomping Wolfenstein 2: The New Colossus. And really, who could argue with that? Dating back to their 1981 incarnation in Muse Software’s Castle Wolfenstein, and elevated to mythical status through a young ID Software’s 1992 genre-definer Wolfenstein 3D, the Nazis…