Author: Jack Slater
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Super Mario Odyssey (Nintendo Switch) Review
1996’s Super Mario 64 was the first, and the last, 3D Mario game I completed before playing Super Mario Odyssey. 21 years separate these games but they are inexorably linked. I will never forget the first time I saw Mario 64 in motion on a Nintendo 64 kiosk at a major league baseball fan appreciation day. It was…
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Opus Magnum
Opus Magnum, the new game from Zachtronics. One look at the trailer and I can tell that this machine designer is probably not for me, even though I very much enjoyed my time with TIS-100 and Shenzhen I/O. Maybe Opus Magnum is for you. It’s out now on Steam for Windows, macOS, and Linux at $20.
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Campo Santo’s Next Game: In the Valley of Gods
Campo Santo, the developers of Firewatch, announced their next game, In the Valley of Gods. Here is how they describe it: In the Valley of Gods is a single-player first-person adventure. Explore a remote and ancient valley in the Egyptian desert, uncovering treasure and treachery in pursuit of a discovery that could bring you fame…
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The 2017 iMac Pro
Lost during my recent travel was Apple’s release of the iMac Pro, the “pro” version of the iMac that was announced at WWDC. The iMac Pro gets you higher performance and what may be many features of the promised-but-yet-to-be-updated-since-2013 Mac Pro, but with a glued-on high-resolution (5120×2880 P3 color gamut) screen and absolutely zero upgradability of internal components. For…