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Last Window (nds)


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Release Date: Sep 2010 Time to complete: ~13hrs

Hotel Dusk was an adventure/puzzle game on the DS that I greatly enjoyed, but frankly can't remember a lot about. Last Window is a sequel, not so much in story in particular, but in characters. It would be absolutely possible to play the scenario wit...

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Life Is Strange (PC)


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  • Time to complete: ~12 Hrs
  • Release Date: 2015

While Life is Strange may start out as a fairly innocent-seeming teenage student-y adventure game, it develops a harsh, gritty edge that some may find disturbing and unpleasant. Think Donnie Darko - if you thought little of DD, or hate teenagers (...

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Utawarerumono: Mask of Truth (psvita)


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  • Release date: Sep 2017 (english)
  • Time to complete: ~38 hrs (much text skippage)

Continuing on from the first game, 'Mask of Deception', and I really mean 'continuing on' (this game literally follows the very next step in the story), 'Mask of Truth' is certainly more of the same, but also in...

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Spec Ops: The Line (PC)


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  • Time to complete: ~5 hrs
  • Release: 2012

Take any Call of Duty 'modern warfare' shooter entry, make it 3rd person, give it a squad size of 3 (2 AI companions), and a decent story which becomes a bit of a treatise on what a person may feel necessary to do when the mission parameters get skewed,...

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Apex Legends (PC)


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As my first battle royale game, I feel I chose Apex Legends wisely. I appreciate good movement in my first-person shooters, which AL certainly has. The characters ('legends') are not immediately appealing, but are compelling enough in their own way, and offer individual skills vital to success in th...

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