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Final Fantasy XV – Games of 2016
Contrary to what my opponents may think when they engage me in predictive conversations about upcoming major video game releases, I really do enjoy being proven wrong. Well, I enjoy being proven wrong when the result is that a game turns out to be quite awesome when I thought the opposite would happen. To that…
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2016 Games of the Colefacekilla – The List
Still reeling from the loss of Rocket League not winning game of the year in 2015, I decided to put a list out there this year to try and help my recovery. But before I get to that, I need to tell everyone that Rocket League is still my real game of the year for…
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Owlboy – Games of 2016
We’ve been on a journey, Owlboy. At your announcement you established a new bar of excellence in art that I didn’t think was possible for indie games. As the years went by, other games came out and raised that bar and made me question what was taking you so long. In the end, a development…
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Hyper Light Drifter – Games of 2016
2016 saw me play a wider variety of games than probably at any time in my history, including this frustratingly difficult pixel art game with absolutely no dialog. I tried really hard to love Hyper Light Drifter but ultimately couldn’t do it. …Which is a shame, because the atmosphere of this game adopts the creepy…
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Let It Die – Games of 2016
I had no idea how much I missed a Suda51 flavor in my video games. Let It Die came out of nowhere (because I forgot about it) and all of a sudden I’m playing a better-than-it-deserves-to-be tough as nails roguelike with a skateboarding Death that’s trying to break down the 4th wall. I was tripping…
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2016 Games of the Colefacekilla – Podcast
Cole got a lot of payoff in 2016. A few surprises, but also had his fandom rewarded with a road trip with some bros that Justin never would have thought could be tolerable. Maybe someone will actually listen to Cole at the Grimmys this year. Nah. Subscribe Horrible Night on SoundCloud RSS Feed iTunes Feed…
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Overwatch – Games of 2016
Could Blizzard pull off a first person shooter? Even with its track record, it seemed like a valid question. Hoo boy, what a waste of energy that question was. I should have been asking, "How will first person shooters change after Blizzard makes one?" That’s a much more interesting question. Overwatch is certainly a landmark…
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Pokemon Sun and Moon – Games of 2016
It had been a long time coming for me to experience my first Pokemon game. You see my childhood ended just outside the reach of the original and it wasn’t until recent years where I really felt I was missing out on this cornerstone of gaming. Even when confronted by that realization, it wasn’t exactly…
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FIFA 17 – Games of 2016
FIFA 17 rewrote the book on the sports game ‘Story Mode.’ I bought the game on the chance that there might be some fun multiplayer football action during the lull in late summer, but ended up getting engrossed in Alex Hunter’s tumultuous journey into professional soccer. Easily glanced over, but still very impressive, is how…
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AM2R – Games of 2016
Whenever I go down the rabbit hole of Metroid fanboy self pity, I inevitably lament the lost genius of Metroid II, a game that should have never worked on the Game Boy and ended up working so well that it deserved a more powerful home. I wasn’t the only one who realized that the vision…