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Game Curious Plus The Sexy Brutale – Time After Time
It’s a party and you’re all invited! Aaron might have not received an invitation by mail, but he’s got front row seats to repeatedly die for! Previous The Sexy Brutale Experience Skimmed over reviews from Destructoid and The Jimquistion the day before release. Initial Expectations, Hopes, Dreams, Fears I liked the art design. The idea…
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Mad Max – Games of 2015
One of the benefits to growing up in small towns in the midwest is that you don’t have to drive very far to get away from it all. When I was stressed out, I used to just pick a direction and a new CD and drive until the album was done (gas was a bit…
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Castle in the Darkness – Games of 2015
We’ve all be coddled by the maturation of various game genres which makes the nostalgic design choices in games like Castle in the Darkness so damn interesting. Older games made a lot of their design choices based on technological limitations. When those limits are gone it is fair to question why some old school tropes…
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Titan Souls – Games of 2015
We get it, games can go hard again. I couldn’t be happier that difficult games come in all kinds of flavors these days, but Titan Souls stepped onto the scene quietly and asked all of us, "But can you beat me with one arrow?" Huh. I never thought about that before. 12 year-old Justin would have dominated…
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Galak-Z: The Dimensional – Games of 2015
I actually don’t know how Galak-Z ended up on my list of games that I ignored all details about before release, but it just made my jaw go through more floors with each layer I peeled away in its design. You are immediately hit by the 80’s anime presentation that is so well done it’s…
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Axiom Verge – Games of 2015
Lust doesn’t cut it, but whatever the best word for that raw, dirty, and instantaneous form of love is the only one that can describe how I felt the first time I saw a screenshot of Axiom Verge. The connection I have to it is primal and impales the core of why I play games.…