Culture

Title Blunder

It’s at the tip of my tongue! Have you ever forgotten the title of a video game and instead just given it a ridiculous description? Well, that is exactly what we do for this week. Enjoy our title blunders! In our side quests, we share our initial impressions of Shin Megami Tensei V, give a dreary…

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How Yakuza works

Nearly everyone seems to have heard of Yakuza – primarily as this quirky Japanese series that is a small yet dedicated following. If you feel that way, then you came to the right place, because we dive into what Yakuza is, why it is so idiosyncratic, and what makes it specially in the way it…

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The Myth of Missing No.

Could that school friend really be right about this Pokémon that is not supposed to exist? Is there really a way to infinitely multiply items as this Nintendo magazine suggests? – We’re diving back into our childhood to unravel how Missing No. changed the ideas about how video games work and who owns their lore….

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The Friends We Make

Friendships are so precious. Video games never get tired of emphasizing that. Aside from reminiscing about the friends we made with fictional characters, we also discuss the absurd albeit necessary tendency to quantify friendships. In our side quests, we discuss the recent settlement of one of the lawsuits against Activision Blizzard and catch up with announcements in…

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Three Truths, Two Lies

It is finally time for our very first episode! Our mascot Pixel-kun is celebrating and so are we. For introductions, we share five stories of our gaming biography, only three of which are true. Can you tell the difference? For our side quests, we discuss Tripwire‘s CEO stepping down after expressing public support for the Texas…

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