How You Dune? Awakening?
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Dune: Awakening is a spice-y survival RPG, and we've got some highlights from Summer Showcase season and Steam Next Fest!
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Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 is a J'RPG
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An emotionally devastating JRPG from France solidifies itself as a serious GOTY contender. PLUS: some thoughts on turn-based games as a whole.
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Oblivion Remaster and Why Games Journalism Matters
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The Elder Scrolls: Oblivion has finally received its rumored Remaster! PLUS: Polygon has been sold, and much of its staff laid off, so we do a crash-course in why games journalism matters.
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Blue Prince and Canadian Tax Credits
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Blue Prince is our first must-play game of the year! PLUS: Tax credit changes in Québec threaten the dev scene in one of Canada's most populous provinces.
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Assassin's Creed Shadows and Nintendo's Switch 2 Business Case (It's Zelda and Pokémon)
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Assassin's Creed Shadows is a nerd game for history nerds, and we liked it! PLUS: the business case for the Nintendo Switch 2.
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Split Fiction & R.E.P.O.: A Co-op Double Feature
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Split Fiction reaches for new heights after the success of It Takes Two! Plus: R.E.P.O. joins the likes of Lethal Company, Among Us, and Phasmophobia as high-quality content bait. Honourable Mentions: The Pit, Triangle Strategy, and how to plan a wedding.
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We Threw a Grenade Into the World of Warcraft Community
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We finally play the final game in SuperGiant Games catalogue: Pyre! Plus, Trevor drops a bit of a bomb into the World of Warcraft competitive scene. Trevor's Video Essay: Reddit Thread + Spreadsheet:
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Avowed and Starfield: A Tale of Two Studios
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Avowed is the awesome new RPG from Fallout: New Vegas and Pillars of Eternity devs, and it's so good it has us asking: What's the deal with Bethesda Game Studios?
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Ender Magnolia and a Game About Digging a Hole
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A rare double feature! The hit new metroidvania, ENDER MAGNOLIA, and a Game About Diggign A Hole, which is exactly what it sounds like.
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Hyper Light Breaker Broke Some Rules
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Hyper Light Breaker is a rough start to what we trust will become a fantastic roguelite. PLUS: how video games teach us how to play them.
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Stuff Discussed: Scarlet Deer Inn, Skogdal, Rise of the Golden Idol, Windblow, Is This Game Trying to Kill Me?, The House of Tesla, Vending Machine Business Simulator, Luma Island, Voidtrain, Fast Food Simulator, Any Austin and Rotten Mango, and the Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom.