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PAX West 2024: Ender Magnolia balances beauty and brutality, just with fewer difficulty spikes | Interview with Hiroyuki Kobayashi
Ender Magnolia publisher Binary Haze talked to us about the "oppressive and dark, but still beautiful" Metroidvania releasing winter 2025.

Nate Hermanson
Sep 16, 20246 min read
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PAX West 2024: Dread Delusion's James Wragg talks about making the retro RPG I couldn't put down
Talking about crafting difficult choices for players and a weird world ripe for interesting lore with Dread Delusion's James Wragg.

Nate Hermanson
Sep 9, 20245 min read
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PAX West 2024: Heartworm is a standout in DreadXP's buzz-worthy indie horror lineup
Catching up with DreadXP, Heartworm, and the team behind this Silent Hill-inspired retro indie horror game.

Nate Hermanson
Sep 8, 20245 min read
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Jackbox keeps evolving with the times - Jackbox Megapicker and Jackbox Naughty Pack
The Jackbox Megapicker is available today, and Naughty Pack brings more adult (but surely less mature) comedy to your next Jackbox night.

Nate Hermanson
Aug 1, 20245 min read
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Summer Game Fest 2024: 4 demos from PC Gaming Show you need to play now
These are four (of many!) demos we couldn't wait to boot up on Steam the second the PC Gaming Show 2024 ended.

Nate and Julie
Jun 10, 20245 min read
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Summer Game Fest 2024: A vibe check on Day 2's showcases
It's a summer night and the vibes are right to hash out today's Access-Ability, Summer Game Fest, Day of the Devs & Devolver Direct shows.

Nate and Julie
Jun 8, 20248 min read
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Summer Game Fest 2024: 6 standout games from Day 1's Guerrilla Collective
Summer Game Fest 2024 gets a strong opener with 73 games plus a publisher showcase from Guerrilla Collective.

Nate and Julie
Jun 7, 20247 min read
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9 games you need to remember from LudoNarraCon 2024
The 9 games in this list awed us, made us cry, scared us, and showcased the artistry in narrative games just as LudoNarraCon intended.

Nate Hermanson
May 13, 202410 min read
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Playdate's Pulp stirs up creative juices and makes game dev accessible
We talked with AlternateHamlet, George Banks, and Ron Lent about how the easy-to-use Pulp engine can make a game dev out of nearly anyone.

Nate Hermanson
Apr 30, 20249 min read
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The Playdate Season 1 Graduating Class: Handing out superlatives to all 24 games
The who's who of Playdate Season 1. We're circling our faves in the yearbook and handing out superlatives to these 24 pack-in games.

Nate Hermanson
Apr 12, 202417 min read
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How the Playdate's crank reignited my passion
This little box with a crank is full of some of the most creative bits of game design I've seen in years.

Nate Hermanson
Apr 1, 20244 min read
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Backlog Busting: Into 2024 or Once is Enough?
We checked out four under-the-radar 2023 releases to determine what's worth carrying into 2024.

Nate Hermanson
Jan 20, 20246 min read
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ANNOUNCING: The VGG 2023 Community Game of the Year!
After polling our community, we are proud to announce the winner of our inaugural Community Game of the Year award!

Nate Hermanson
Jan 7, 20242 min read
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VGG 2023 Game of the Year Winner - Alan Wake 2, Remedy Entertainment
In a standout year, Alan Wake 2 takes home Game of the Year for its brilliant design, sophisticated horror, and absolute creativity.

Nate Hermanson
Dec 23, 20234 min read
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ANNOUNCING: The Video Games Are Good 2023 GOTY Nominees
In a year marked by incredible quality for video games, we had to up our list from the usual nine to 10 Game of the Year nominees.

Nate and Julie
Nov 20, 20238 min read
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Mirthwood looks to level up life sims with RPG elements - PAX West 2023 hands-on/interview
Mirthwood brought its first-ever playable demo to PAX West and solidified its place as a life and farming sim game worth watching.

Nate Hermanson
Oct 23, 20239 min read
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World of Horror developed "low and slow" heads to 1.0 release - PAX West 2023 hands-on/interview
Palms sweaty, pulse racing. The typical PAX West experience? Or the result of playing the demo for World of Horror?

Nate Hermanson
Oct 16, 20238 min read
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Narrative RPG Long Gone Days centers humanity in a time of war - PAX West 2023 hands-on/interview
As Long Gone Days approached its October release date, we talked with Lead Programmer Camilo Valderrama at PAX West.

Nate Hermanson
Oct 9, 20238 min read
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Fight Crab 2's physics-based action delivers a welcoming chaos - PAX West 2023 hands-on/interview
Two crabs enter the arena... but only one can leave victorious. We talked with PLAYISM at PAX West about the absurd brawler Fight Crab 2.

Nate Hermanson
Oct 1, 20237 min read
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Demonschool delivers a more active tactics RPG experience - PAX West 2023 hands-on/interview
Necrosoft Games Founder and Director Brandon Sheffield schooled us in all things Demonschool at PAX West 2023.

Nate Hermanson
Sep 28, 20238 min read
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