Tag: Design
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Punch All of the Demons in the Face: Thoughts on the first hour of Doom

The hour or so I spent with the 2016 release, simply called Doom, is the only chunk of time I can remember spending with the series, and it was fantastic!
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Thoughts on “The Wind Rises”: No magic, but nonetheless magical

It wasn’t about magic, but The Wind Rises is just as magical as any other of Miyazaki’s works.
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Every Game Should Have a Hammer – Initial Impressions of Red Faction: Armageddon

I’m not sure I actually completed the demo for Red Faction I got from the Official PlayStation Magazine back in the early 2000s, because I quickly realized I could blow holes through walls and nothing else seemed important. I think I picked up both of the PlayStation 2 Red Faction games at some point, but most…
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Go watch The Nice Guys

I remember chuckling at the trailer for The Nice Guys, a raunchy, 70s detective movie from Shane Black, back before it came out, but I completely forgot about it until looking at a list of 2016 releases a few weeks ago. I picked it from the local library, and I’m so glad this movie didn’t end up slipping completely…
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Mass Effect 3: Shepard Looks Like and Is a Total Goober, and It’s All My Fault

When the first Mass Effect game came out, way back in the long lost age of 2007, I was an angsty teenager with a red pleather jacket, long hair, and a really horrible attempt at a goatee; and one of my favorite parts of any video game was the ability to create my own character. Clearly,…
