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All Games are Better on Hard

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Metaphor: ReFantazio is the Best RPG of 2024

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Silent Hill 2 Remake is a Bad Game

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Why Japanese Franchises are Better than Western Ones

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Top 5 Games for Real Gamers in Q4 2024

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The Good Games Won in 2024

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How DEI Ruined Western Video Games

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Dancing on Concord's Grave

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Has This Been the Worst Console Generation Ever?

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The Best JRPG Series of All Times

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Live Service Games are Trash, and They Always Will Be

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Shadow of the Erdtree Difficulty Controversy

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What is a "Soulslike"?

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The Best Games of Summer Game Fest 2024

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Video Game Auteurs

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What's Wrong With Xbox?

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Stellar Blade & Lies of P: The Korean Soulslike Surge

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AAA Games are Dying, and That's OK!

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Video Game Layoffs are a Western Problem (2023-24)

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Do Microtransactions Always Ruin Games?

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The Real Problem With Sweet Baby inc.

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How to Start Playing Japanese RPGs in 2024

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State of the Industry - Xbox & Live Service Gaming

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The Best Games Have One Creator

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Soulsborne Ruined Other Games for Me

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Is Bloodborne the Best Fromsoft Game?

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Five Tips to Succees at Soulslike Games

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Soulslike Games at The Game Awards 2023

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Dark Souls I is Still Worth Playing in 2023

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Alan Wake II: Revolutionary Gameplay

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The Worst Soulslike I Have Ever Played - Lords of the Fallen

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Game of The Year Predictions 2023

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How to Enjoy Soulslike Games

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The Top 5 Soulslike Games Not Developed by FromSoftware

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The Hardest Soulslike: Lies of P

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Xbox Wants Nintendo: Why Monopolies are Bad for Gaming

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How to Start Playing Soulslike Games in 2023

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Armored Core VI & Starfield: Exceeding Expectations

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Remnant 2 Review

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Final Fantasy XVI - Lore & Spoiler Discussion

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Make the Mistlands Great Again - GUI 145

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The Game Awards 2022: A Bright Future for Video Games - GUI 144

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The Evil West Episode - GUI 143

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Miyazaki, Kojima & Creative Control - GUI 142

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The Absolute Best Upcoming Games of 2022 - GUI 141

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Top 10 Games of 2022 So Far - GUI 140

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Franchise Funk & Gameplay Bloat - GUI 139

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Stadia is DEAD! but so is Disco Elysium :( - GUI 138

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On Open World Bloat & Ludo-Narrative Dissonance - GUI 137

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Only Bad Games are “Harder to Make These Days” - GUI 136

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Revisiting Games as Art - GUI 135

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Live A Live, The Ascent, Observer - GUI 134

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What’s the point of finishing a game? - GUI 133

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Are All Games Political? - GUI 132

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Final Fantasy I & V Rising - GUI 131

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The Weirdest & Most Interesting Games of Summer Game Fest 2022 - GUI 130

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Summons in Final Fantasy XVI, A Discussion of Hogwarts Legacy & The Callisto Protocol - GUI 129

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More On V Rising, Including Tencent’s Involvement - GUI 128

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On Game Pass Becoming Uncool & The Addictive Nature of Survival Games - GUI 127

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Do Games Need Combat? - GUI 126

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Steam Deck, Finishing Elden Ring - GUI 125

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Video Games You May Have Missed: Spring 2022 | New Games on PS5, Switch, PC in April, May & June - GUI 124

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Ghostwire: Tokyo - GUI 123

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Shootin’ The Sh**, Week of March 19th - GUI 122

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The Video Game Industry in 2022: Things Are Looking up - GUI 121

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A Casual Conversation on Elden Ring, Strangers of Paradise, & Difficulty in Soulslike Games - GUI 120

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Elden Ring & Gran Turismo 7; Shooting The Sh** - GUI 119

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The Story of Elden Ring - GUI 118

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Elden Ring is GOTY 2022 - GUI 117

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2022: The Best Year Ever for Video Games? - GUI 116

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The Future is Dead on Arrival - GUI 115

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Another Zombie Game, But Good: Dying Light 2 - GUI 114

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Pokemon Legends: Arceus - GUI 113

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Microsoft Absorbs Activision & Blizzard - GUI 110

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Entering 2022 - GUI 109

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Upcoming Games Q1 2022, The merits of the Soulslike Genre - GUI 108

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The Best Games Announced At The Game Awards 2021 - GUI107

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Preamble to the Game Awards - GUI 106

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Cyberpunk Was Always Good - GUI 105

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JRPG’s Are Back on the Menu - GUI 104

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Video Game Integralism vs. Liberalism - GUI 103

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Battlefield 2042, Revisiting the Easy Mode Debate - GUI 102

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Streaming, Video Game Sales & Material Causes - GUI 101

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How Should Old Meet New? - GUI 100

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Metroidvania: Still One of the Best Type of Game - GUI 99

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Games We Already Missed in 2021 - GUI 98

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The Valheim Episode - GUI 97

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In Response to IGN’s “Best game of all time” - GUI 96

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Tales of Arise: the Discussion Continues - GUI 95

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Tales of Arise: the Best JRPG of 2021 - GUI 94

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Open-World Games: Comforting AND Wholesome - GUI 93

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CRPGS: the Last Great Western Genre - GUI 92

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The Great Summer Game Drought of 2021 Continued - GUI 91

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The Great Summer Game Drought of 2021- GUI 90

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Tencent Under Fire, Over-Gameyness in Zelda & Grime - GUI 89

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Starcraft, Subnautica & Evil Genius 2: Video Games for Their Own Sake - GUI 88

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Subnautica BZ & Starcraft I Single Player:revisiting the concept of autotelic games - GUI 87

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F*** easy mode, professionalism, gamepass, & space - GUI 86

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Gaming in 2021 ft. Sony & their uninspiring first party trend - GUI 85

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Souls Like - GUI Live & Unleashed July 6, 21