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As seen in: Eurogamer Spain, Medium, Eurogamer, Polygon, PC Gamer, PC Gamer (UK), Rock Paper Shotgun, Unwinnable, The Baltimore Post
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Freelance writer specialising in an intertextual look at videogames.

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Sea of Solitude composer Guy Jackson on how to capture mental health themes in music

Sea of Solitude composer Guy Jackson on how to capture mental health themes in music

Guy Jackson is a musician and composer with ties to film, television and games. As a Jo-mei’s resident compos…

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The art of creating the perfect first game trailer

The art of creating the perfect first game trailer

Everyone watches trailers, whether as part of a big industry showcase such as E3, on Youtube, or on a Steam s…

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Tetris Effect review

Tetris Effect review

NEED TO KNOW Tetris is one of those games that is so ingrained in our pop-cultural fabric that I barely need …

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In Other Waters lets you scan the ocean for new life

In Other Waters lets you scan the ocean for new life

In Other Waters shrinks the entirety of an alien ocean into one interface. You’re the AI that accompanies xen…

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Rediscovering the childhood delight of The Curse of Monkey Island

Rediscovering the childhood delight of The Curse of Monkey Island

The first PC game I ever played was Monkey Island 2: LeChuck’s Revenge, which was included in a magazine. Bec…

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Family Dynamics and the Disappointing Adult in JRPGs

Family Dynamics and the Disappointing Adult in JRPGs

Subscribe! Teens are ever-present in Japanese roleplaying games, yet it's easy to forget that - cute characte…

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I saw this and thought of you.

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By Malindy Hetfeld Verified
| Medium
Credit: Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum “I saw this and thought of you.“ This is how I communicate with all of my friends. Vague memories of their likes and dislikes, bottled up in links — to books, to articles, to videos. This time it’s a video about how museum gift shops decide what to sell. It’s a new video, not something the algorithm dug up for me, produced and posted at a time when it feels like I won’t ever get to see the inside of a museum ever again.
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Trine 4 is off to dreamland in the Melody of Mystery DLC

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By Malindy Hetfeld Verified
| The Baltimore Post
link to original article Trine’s trio of heroes, the wizard Amadeus, Pontius the knight and Zoya the thief, need to help out at the Astral Academy once again in Trine 4’s upcoming Melody of Mystery DLC. While the new story campaign is sticking to the main game’s theme of dreams, … This article was originally published on Google News
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Dear Ben.

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By Robert Britt, Tim Denning, Herbert Dyer, Malindy Hetfeld Verified
| Medium
Uji, Ben. I’ll take you. Whether you want to or not. „Taste hallucinations of tempura in Tokyo,” that’s what you said. Out of all the things we say to each other, all the random things I tell you about mattress purchases, or whatever inconsequential thing I wrote the day I found out my stepfather had become a part-time wheelchair user and no one had told me, I never thought this would be the thing to split me from tip to navel.
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My high school didn't have a newspaper. During high school, I reviewed manga, since I got to keep them afterwards.
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