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Writing video game news, features, previews, guides, and reviews

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Where I’ve worked

Tumblr seemed like a neat idea years ago, but cataloging multiple posts a day can be much at times and the people I followed have also stopped updating. The tabs on the right include my older work in various forms, while below are more recent places or other links I can be found.

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Stadia year in review 2021: Lives to see 2022, but limps into the future

Blue Fire on Stadia review: A Legend of Zelda homage in the most brutal way possible

Chorus on Stadia review: Fun and action-packed space flight shooter

Control Ultimate Edition on Stadia review: A mind-bending good time

Humankind on Stadia review: A great twist on historical strategy games

Rainbow Six Extraction on Stadia review: Squad up or suffer

Riders Republic on Stadia review: An extreme sports playground

Saints Row on Stadia review: New look, same taste

Wavetale on Stadia review: A pleasant surfing adventure

You Suck At Parking Review – All Gas, No Reverse

Young Souls on Stadia review: Highly stylistic, but not enough variety

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Xbox Games Pass Adds Rare Replay and Three Games Over Next Week

Microsoft announced four more games coming to Xbox Games Pass for both Xbox One and PC over the next week. On June 20, Xbox Games Pass on console will receive Resident Evil: Revelations and Rare Replay. Rare Replay is a compilation of 30 games developed by Rare including the Banjo-Kazooie franchise, the Perfect Dark franchise, both Viva […]

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Apex Legends Season 2 Will Come with Several Weapon Changes

Apex Legends developer Respawn Entertainment announced more details about the battle royale’s second season of content with new weapon changes and attachments. The new L-Star weapon, introduced during Electronic Arts’ EA Play 2019 event earlier this month, is a light machine gun found only in air drops that shoots larger, slower projectiles than other weapons. […]

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Fortnite 9.30 Update Adds Chug Splash and Prop Hunt

Fortnite studio Epic Games revealed the patch notes for the 9.30 update coming to all platforms later today, adding more content for Battle Royale, Creative, and Save the World modes. Battle Royale received a new healing item called the Chug Splash, a throwable item that heals 20 health or shield to all players in the splash […]

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Dr. Mario World Launching for iOS and Android in July

Nintendo announced today a new title in the Dr. Mario franchise called Dr. Mario World, coming to iOS and Android devices this July. Dr. Mario World is a free-to-play title where the goal is to match three of the same color to eliminate all the viruses from the board before running out of capsules. The puzzle […]

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Dota Underlords Is Valve's Own Take on Auto Chess

Valve announced its own stand-alone version of the popular Dota 2 mod Auto Chess called Dota Underlords and is out for Dota 2 International 2019 Battle Pass owners today. “Dota Underlords is a new stand-alone game that pits you against seven opponents in a battle of wits that will have you building, combining, and leveling-up a crew […]

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Banjo-Kazooie Is Coming to Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

Rare’s bear and bird combo Banjo-Kazooie will be a new fighter in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, Nintendo announced during its E3 Direct presentation today. Nintendo did not announce further details about the new fighter, except they would coming in fall 2019 with more information about the DLC coming “in the future.” The announcement came towards […]

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Dragon Quest XI S Coming to Nintendo Switch This September

Dragon Quest XI S: Echoes of an Elusive Age Definitive Edition is coming to Nintendo Switch on Sept. 27, 2019, Square Enix announced during the Nintendo Direct presentation today. Square Enix had released a different trailer for the game yesterday at the company’s E3 press conference, but had only announced it as coming this fall. […]

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Every Trailer Showcased During Ubisoft's E3 2019 Presentation

Ubisoft held its E3 2019 press conference today and showed off plenty of trailers for announced and unannounced video games on all platforms, including the Nintendo Wii. Check out every trailer shown at the company’s presentation below. Watch Dogs: Legion The latest entry in the Watch Dogs series goes to near-future London after the events […]

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Every Trailer Showcased During the PC Gaming Show 2019

The PC Gaming Show 2019 was held and livestreamed today by video game magazine and website PC Gamer during E3 2019. The outlet covered and showed off trailers of games from various developers and publishers that are more PC-centric than other companies. Check out every trailer shown at the PC Gaming Show 2019 below. Evil […]

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Devolver Bootleg Is a Package of Eight Devolver Digital Game Rip-Offs

Devolver Digital announced Devolver Bootleg, a collection of eight games ripping off games the company has published in the past, during its E3 2019 presentation today. These eight rip-offs are actually original games developed by Gato Roboto studio Doinksoft and is published by Devolver Digital themselves. Here is the full list of games alongside the games […]

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Fallout 76 to Add Battle Royale Mode Called Nuclear Winter

Bethesda Softworks is adding a battle royale mode to Fallout 76, the company announced today during its E3 press conference. The new game mode is called Nuclear Winter and will feature 52 players in four-player squads gathering weapons and leveling up exclusive perks to claim the spot as overseer of the vacant Vault 51. The […]

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Xbox Game Pass Adds Metro Exodus and More Today; Xbox Game Pass for PC Now in Beta

Microsoft announced four more games coming to Xbox Games Pass on Xbox One today alongside Xbox Game Pass for PC during the company’s E3 press conference. The four games announced on stage were Batman: Arkham Knight, Metro Exodus, Hollow Knight: Voidheart Edition, and Borderlands: The Handsome Collection. The four games are now available for members to […]

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Xbox Game Pass Ultimate Subscription Launches Ahead of Microsoft's E3 Conference

Microsoft launched its Xbox Game Pass Ultimate subscription, a combination of Xbox Live Gold and Xbox Game Pass services for one price, this morning before the company’s E3 press conference. Announced last April, Xbox Game Pass Ultimate is a single membership containing a subscription to Xbox Live Gold, a subscription for Xbox Game Pass, and a […]

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Apex Legends Legendary Hunt Limited-Time Event Begins Today

After a slight delay, the latest Apex Legends update is now live on all platforms alongside the new limited time event, “The Legendary Hunt.” The Legendary Hunt event adds a new playlist called Apex Elite, which is the same game with a faster ring closing and increased damage for being out of bounds. The queue is optional […]

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Apple TV and iOS Will Support PlayStation 4 and Xbox One Controllers

Apple CEO Tim Cook announced during the company’s Worldwide Developers Conference keynote today that the Apple TV will soon support Xbox One and PlayStation 4 controllers. While the controller support for the Apple TV was announced on stage, it will also be coming to iPhones as part of the iOS 13 update likely to come later […]

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Ubisoft Offering Free Rayman Origins for Watching Rayman 2 Speedrun Next Week

Ubisoft is giving away free PC copies of Rayman Origins for watching a Rayman 2: The Great Escape speedrun taking place during E3 next week. Beginning on June 10 at 1:30 p.m. ET, a few hours before Ubisoft’s E3 press conference at 4 p.m. ET, Rayman speedrunner Glackum will be trying to reclaim the any percentage […]