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What were we yapping about a year ago [5/11/24]
British GQ makes a Sight and Sound poll for the gamers, Silksong is releasing soon I promise, and Zelda spawned unending discourse
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In order to separate its brand from the casual family friendly dominance of the Wii and the mainstream bro dominance of the Xbox 360 Sony pivoted the PlayStation 3 towards a more high-minded prestige art brand. This resulted in games such as .detuned, Linger in Shadow, Echochrome, Flower, Noby Noby
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What were we yapping about a year ago [3/30/24]
deluxe edition of "Thoughts" this week
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Violence in Prototype
Thinking about victims of all kinds
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Gene Siskel & Roger Ebert
Notes and takeaways
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Realism Will Not Save Us
Fidelity is not what will capture human experience in games
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The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
What was originally a response is now just a summation of my thoughts so I can move on