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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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How Apex Legends made its first trans woman more than “the transition story”

How Apex Legends made its first trans woman more than “the transition story”

"Trans people are not a new thing!" For trans people like voice actress Meli Grant and myself, this couldn't …

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'Metroid Prime 4' Review: A Gorgeous Shooter Trapped In A Lifeless Open World

'Metroid Prime 4' Review: A Gorgeous Shooter Trapped In A Lifeless Open World

'Metroid Prime 4' builds a gorgeous new world to explore, but buries its best parts under an empty open world…

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25 Years Ago, Sega Dreamed Of Connecting The World With One Ambitious RPG

25 Years Ago, Sega Dreamed Of Connecting The World With One Ambitious RPG

'Phantasy Star Online' proved that online RPGs were not only possible on consoles, but that they could offer …

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5 Years Ago, One Of The Most Brilliant Photography Games Perfectly Captured The Present Moment

5 Years Ago, One Of The Most Brilliant Photography Games Perfectly Captured The Present Moment

An essential game about photographing the end of the world felt like the perfect encapsulation of 2020, and i…

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Steam's New Magical Archery Game Asks All The Right Questions

Steam's New Magical Archery Game Asks All The Right Questions

Careful practice and tough questions form the backbone of a short, thought-provoking new game from experiment…

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No, Gaming's Worst Trend Would Not Have Saved The Most Overlooked RPG

No, Gaming's Worst Trend Would Not Have Saved The Most Overlooked RPG

'Dragon Age: The Veilguard' might have been better off as a live-service game, according to the CEO of the co…

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'Moves Of The Diamond Hand' Is A Dice-Based Fever Dream I Can't Stop Playing

'Moves Of The Diamond Hand' Is A Dice-Based Fever Dream I Can't Stop Playing

A game about rolling dice to make pizza might be this year's best RPG.

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