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Taylor Hicklen

(He/Him)
California
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Covers:  Games, culture, and community.
Doesn't Cover: Web3 or blockchain, Activision Blizzard.

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Taylor Hicklen’s Biography

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Taylor is Press SPACE to Jump's indie reviewer and PR person. He likes midrange JRPGs, fighting games, and Dicey Dungeons. Bonus points if there are good fonts.

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Infinity Nikki First Impressions: Dress-Up's Dogma

Infinity Nikki First Impressions: Dress-Up's Dogma

Infinity Nikki blends gentle adventuring, killer outfits, and off-kilter lore. Will it keep free-to-play and …

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Manygame Collection (November 2024): Clearing Mental Blocks

Manygame Collection (November 2024): Clearing Mental Blocks

Cheese louise, I need to lie down.

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8-Bit Adventures 2 Review: Quite Charming Quest

8-Bit Adventures 2 Review: Quite Charming Quest

8-Bit Adventures 2 adds welcome updates and streamlining to the traditional JRPG formula. It won me, a self-d…

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Manygame Collection (October 2024): Spooks and Scrambled Eggs

Manygame Collection (October 2024): Spooks and Scrambled Eggs

This month's Manygame Collection is all about snackable little game morsels. From a strange and yet intriguin…

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5 Steam Next Fest Demos I Can't Stop Playing

5 Steam Next Fest Demos I Can't Stop Playing

These five Steam Next Fest demos found new ways to linger in my mind. Everything from crafty platformers to h…

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Lorn's Lure First Impressions: Propulsion Pit Playground

Lorn's Lure First Impressions: Propulsion Pit Playground

Lorn's Lure is a deliberately low-fidelity exploration game that feels like Jusant's charismatic evil twin. B…

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By Taylor Hicklen, Tai Hofmann, Rina Abbott
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Learn all about the hottest hero in town and resident heartthrob of the Fantastic Four. Weighing travel options for FGC gamers in the United States. Learn about the upcoming strategist in Marvel Rivals, Ultron, and his comic book origins. See what's coming to Marvel Rivals for the mid-season update on February 21. A new generation of Street Fighters. Check out what PlayStation has in store for 2025. Dream a little dream of me.
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Infinity Nikki First Impressions: Dress-Up’s Dogma

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By Steph Roehler, Taylor Hicklen, Tai Hofmann
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I found the Nikki games in the traditional manner: a wise, dear friend recapped the mechanics and buckwild lore. (Grace, I am SO sorry I had to keep a lid on this piece. Please forgive me!) The Nikki series formula is deceptively simple: craft outfits, wear said outfits, and then score said outfits. Story happens in-between. But Infinity Nikki is a seismic shift, reforming the tectonic plates of Nikki’s core around open-world concepts from the past decade.
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Manygame Collection (November 2024): Clearing Mental Blocks

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By Taylor Hicklen, Jesse Roar, Kristi Jimenez
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The autumn chill sinks in deeper this year. I’m shaken up for obvious reasons—looming conservative backlash, worry for my friends and loved ones, feeling unmoored in an perilous job market. How do I muster the energy for small joys like the montly Manygame Collection when I’ll need every scrap of it to survive? At first I tried to focus entirely on the next monthly batch of games to cover. Scrutinizing every facet, lining up every stray thought. But I just felt more exhausted. What was the point?
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