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Robin Bea

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Experienced freelance writer and editor with a focus on video game criticism and industry news. I'm particularly interested in where the industry intersects with politics, labor, and gender, and the tensions that arise from independent development and interactions between online communities.

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Science Says There's More To Cozy Games Than A Comfy Escape

Science Says There's More To Cozy Games Than A Comfy Escape

Cozy games are huge today, ostensibly offering an escape from stress, but exactly what makes a game restful m…

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'El Paso, Elsewhere' Director: "If You Don't Want to Deal with the Gatekeepers, Use a Different G...

'El Paso, Elsewhere' Director: "If You Don't Want to Deal with the Gatekeepers, Use a Different G...

Five months after its release, 'El Paso, Elsewhere' director Xalavier Nelson reflects on the pressures of bei…

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Human Connection Was At The Heart Of Robin Bea's Favourite Games This Year | Winter Spectacular 2...

Human Connection Was At The Heart Of Robin Bea's Favourite Games This Year | Winter Spectacular 2...

The games that had the biggest impact on Robin Bea in 2025 were about bringing people together.

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'Consume Me' Masterfully Portrays Teenage Trauma But Leaves Its Most Important Chapter Out

'Consume Me' Masterfully Portrays Teenage Trauma But Leaves Its Most Important Chapter Out

'Consume Me' tells a unique story of a teenage girl struggling with body image, academics and dating, all tol…

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How the fight for bodily autonomy shaped 2022's most fascinating video game

How the fight for bodily autonomy shaped 2022's most fascinating video game

A roll of the dice. That's what determines how your day goes in Citizen Sleeper , as it does for so many peop…

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Steam And Epic Could Destroy One Of The Best Indie Studios With An Unexplained Game Ban

Steam And Epic Could Destroy One Of The Best Indie Studios With An Unexplained Game Ban

'Horses' is a subversive, unsettling indie game like nothing you've ever played - but censorship from Steam a…

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Walk the Frog is a cozy puzzle game where you rebuild the world one sticky note at a time

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| Thinky Games
There are few things as satisfying as tucking into a complex game like Lorelei and the Laser Eyes for a marathon puzzle-solving session, but not every puzzle game needs to be such a brain-frying experience. Not to mention that being surrounded by pens and notebooks makes playing a quick game before bed a little cumbersome. Fortunately, we’ve also seen a slew of much more low-key puzzle games lately, including an adorable new release called Walk the Frog.
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Pulpy detective puzzler Feline Forensics lands on its feet even with some stumbles along the way

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By Robin Bea Verified
| Thinky Games
The past few years have seen an explosion of detective games, those where you’re not just playing as an investigator, but asked to think like one, piecing together clues to deduce the truth behind anything from a ship’s missing crew in Return of the Obra Dinn to an impossible supernatural assassination in Paradise Killer.
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Eldritch horror meets escape room puzzles in the stylish Call of the Elder Gods

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| Thinky Games
Delving into cosmic horror is a tricky proposition for any artist. Working in the genre means figuring out how to depict eldritch phenomena that are by definition beyond human comprehension, but even more troublingly, it usually means reckoning with the legacy of one of its most famed practitioners: H.P. Lovecraft.
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