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Yakuza: Like a Dragon Is the Weirdest, Most Sincere JRPG I’ve Ever Played — And It Almost Breaks Your Brain I spent 62 hours in Yokohama trying to get a guy named Adachi to stop yelling “BURN!” every
The Outer Worlds Is the RPG That Forgot It Was Supposed to Be a Big Deal I finished The Outer Worlds on a Tuesday. No fanfare. No triumphant music cue.
Tears of the Kingdom Isn’t a Sequel — It’s a Rewriting I cried twice in Tears of the Kingdom. Not the “oh god my dog died” kind. More like: Oh. Oh no.
Link’s Awakening Isn’t a Remake — It’s a Love Letter Written in Plastic and Fog I replayed Link’s Awakening on Game Boy Color in 2014.
The Last of Us Part I Isn’t a Remake—It’s a Reckoning I played the original The Last of Us on PS3 in 2013 with my roommate, hunched on a couch so worn the stuffing poked through at the seams.
Why I Still Boot Up Smash Bros. Ultimate at 1 a.m. (And Why That’s Weird) I was trying to fix my coffee maker last Tuesday. Seriously.
Mario Just Got His Passport Stamped — And It’s Glorious I cried. Not the quiet, dignified kind — full-on snotty, shoulder-shaking, “why is this plumber making me feel things?” tears.
Super Mario Bros. Wonder Isn’t Trying to Be Deep — and That’s Why It’s Brilliant I played Super Mario Bros. Wonder for 47 minutes before I stopped trying to “review” it and just… laughed. Out loud.
Sekiro Doesn’t Care If You’re “Good Enough” I died 47 times in the first boss fight. Not in a row — that would’ve been impressive.
Resident Evil 4 Remake Doesn’t Just Update a Classic — It Rebuilds the Muscle Memory of an Entire Genre I played the original Resident Evil 4 on a CRT TV in 2005, hunched over a PS2 controller with s
Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart Isn’t Just a PS5 Showcase — It’s the First Game That Makes Me Believe in “Next-Gen” I booted up Rift Apart on launch day, watched the first rift tear open between two vers
Pikmin 4 Isn’t Trying to Impress You — and That’s Why It’s Brilliant I spent three hours on Day 3. Not because I was stuck. Not because I died. Not even because I got lost.
No Man’s Sky Is the Only Game That Makes Me Feel Like an Astronaut—And Also Like I’m Fighting My Controller I landed on a planet called Vespris-7 at 3:17 a.m. No alarm. No coffee.
Nier: Automata Is the Only Game That Lets You Cry While Kicking a Robot in the Face — And It’s Still Weirdly Perfect I cried during a boss fight.
Monster Hunter Wilds Isn’t Trying to Be Your Friend — and That’s Why It Might Just Work I died seventeen times in the first hour.
