Category: video games
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Mario Odyssey Reviews Out, Game Available Tomorrow
The reviews are almost universally positive. Here is Dan Ryckert’s: Make no mistake about it, Super Mario Odyssey is a weird game. It’s wrapped around a concept featuring sentient hats, enemy possession, and Bowser making wedding preparations, but actually playing the game feels very familiar. Gone are the polarizing FLUDD from Super Mario Sunshine and…
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Universal Paperclips is a Delightful Clicker Game & Spaceplan Got Big
There’s this tiny genre of games where you make things that make things, usually by clicking a bunch at first. Sometimes, there is a plot. Universal Paperclips by Frank Lantz and Bennett Foddy is that kind of game. It runs in your browser, and you construct paperclips by clicking on a button to make a paperclip.…
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The Xbox One Plays Some Xbox Games Now
Microsoft released a list of 13 original Xbox games that can run on the Xbox One through a disc or download today. Here’s the list: BLACK BloodRayne 2 Crimson Skies: High Road to Revenge Dead to Rights Fuzion Frenzy Grabbed by the Ghoulies King of Fighters Neowave Ninja Gaiden Black Prince of Persia: The Sands of…
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Animal Crossing Pocket Camp in Late November
Nintendo’s iOS and Android adventures continue late next month with Animal Crossing Pocket Camp. I love Animal Crossing in general, it’ll be interesting to see if Pocket Camp really gives us a good experience but it looks pretty limited and full of traditional mobile game shenanigans. There’s a shorter version of the above video at…
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Hitman’s Elusive Targets Are Coming Back
Io Interactive has their first announcement since going independent and getting ownership of the Hitman license. There’s a GOTY edition of HITMAN (2016) coming, it’ll include a new “Patient Zero” campaign and other stuff, as well as reactivating any missed “elusive target” missions starting in early November. I loved these elusive target assassination missions, and…