Day: August 12, 2025
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Refresh the Demon — Reload Quake II
Some experiences come with a built-in soundtrack. They’re inseparable.A certain song, a particular riff, forever hardwired into your memory of a specific time and…
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Ayreon: The Sound of the Universe Tuning Itself
I have a passionate love for certain things that I simply can’t explain properly to other people. Some things sound mundane even when you…
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That Other Game That Is Not XCOM
Some games are classics. A few are legends. And then there are those rare ones that feel like they’ve always been with us, whispering…
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When Headlines Lie: Clickbait in the Games Press
I know I said I wanted to focus on positive things here. But this particular issue has been annoying me for a long time,…
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Why I’ve Been Away
I had surgery. Yep… that’s why I’ve been missing in action for a little while. Turns out I had a mysterious tear in my…
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Captain Goat and the Pleasant Shock of Discovering Avatar
Captain Goat is what I can only describe as a satanic sea shanty. And lately, I can’t stop listening to it.The obsession began right…
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Mayhem Brawler II and the Art of Doing Too Much (In the Best Way Possible)
One of the games I’ve been genuinely looking forward to is Mayhem Brawler II.Not because the developer is Turkish.Not because I happen to know…
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Absolute Martian Manhunter: A Modern Classic in the Making
It’s unbearably hot in Istanbul, and I’m cooling off with a comic I can’t put down: Absolute Martian Manhunter, a modern classic in the…
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The Ship That Vanished
Do you remember what made you want to do your job? Can you trace it back to a single, formative experience, a moment of…
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God Is Dead
“Ozzy is dead,” someone whispered—barely audible, yet somehow cutting through the thunder of guitars and drums. Then someone else repeated it. And someone after…