Author: Ray Evangelista
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Should Video Games Always Be Fun?
Video games were created to be enjoyable, but are they capable of being something more? Can they teach players meaningful ideas about suffering?
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Why Outer Wilds is the Most Unique Sci-fi Gaming Experience Available
Please Note: Outer Wilds is a game that is best experienced through a blind playthrough. I will try my best to avoid major spoilers, but there are some “spoilery” details below. Space Oddity Outer Wilds is a game about death, rebirth, discovery, and the value of the journey over the destination. It manages to be…
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The Blur Between Reality and Virtual Reality
Is This Real Life? A while ago, I had the opportunity to try The Void’s unique brand of hi-tech, hyper-immersive indoor virtual reality experiences. I felt astonished at how much their current technology matched up with the high-concept future imagined in science fiction and cyberpunk stories. With weighty haptic vests that cling to you as…
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Gotham Knights: First Impressions
Since the definitive conclusion to the Arkham story at the end of Arkham Knight, it was hard to see where the Batman video game franchise could go from there. After seeing the footage from Gotham Knights, it seems the answer lies in reinvention. For years, WB Games Montreal has worked as a support developer to…
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Player Connection in Death Stranding and Animal Crossing
On the surface, Nintendo’s beloved slice of life game, Animal Crossing: New Horizons, and Hideo Kojima’s ambitious, dreamlike delivery simulator, Death Stranding, could not be more different.