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  • Star Wars Battlefront II

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    Multiplayer and loot boxes aside, what excited me about Battlefront II was that they were including a proper story campaign, and that’s what I wanted to take in. I played through that campaign back in January, and although at first I was a bit disappointed by the relatively quick turn of the main character to…

  • Thumper

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    Not only have I been wanting to play Thumper for a while (yes, a recurring theme in the posts I’m writing today), but I wanted to play it even more after I watched a GDC talk by one of the creators (a post-mortem on the game’s creation). I figured it was something I’d pick up…

  • Pyre

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    I love both of Supergiant’s previous games, Bastion and Transistor, and so that alone should have made me want to jump in right away on a new game from them. And although I knew I’d eventually give Pyre a go, the fact that most of the gameplay revolves around a fantasy sport did turn me…

  • What Remains of Edith Finch

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    Just like Tacoma, this was another game I knew I’d get around to playing, and was just waiting for the right time — I grabbed it at the start of the year during a PSN sale, along with Pyre and Thumper (two other games I’d been wanting to play). It’s been a critical darling since…

  • Tacoma

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    This was a game I’d been wanting to play ever since release, and was just waiting for the right time to get around to it — it also had to be something I play on my work PC, because I don’t have a PC at home, or an Xbox One. I finally grabbed it at…

  • Before I Wake

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    I ended up watching this last night because my wife wanted to watch it — I knew nothing about it. It’s actually quite a decent thriller/horror film, with a pretty interesting story (an orphaned boy’s dreams can come to life), and a satisfying ending. Some good creepy shots too. Well worth watching if you’re on…

  • Game Boy 006 – Learning

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    “Game Boy” is a weekly column in which I write about being a game developer working in Montreal. You’ll find them all under this category, and it starts here. I’ve got “learning” on the mind. First off, as I wrote a few weeks ago, I’ll be attending the Game Developers Conference (GDC) next month, which is going…

  • Everything Sucks

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    This has been described as Freaks & Geeks but set in the 90s, and that’s actually not a bad description. I’m 5-6 episodes in, and having a really good time watching it. The kids are great, the story is fun, and the soundtrack is, well, it’s pretty much all the stuff that I was listening…