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FromSoft’s first open-world game presents the tools to allow newcomers to succeedAnyone who cares about video games knows that Elden Ring’s received excellent reviews across the board on account of its...

Kitana’s rich backstory should be easy to adapt to filmRecently, I started looking at the failures of movie-based films, and while it is far from a failure, there is one character that Mortal Kombat movies get wrong...

Coining the term “Player Friendly Design”A major reason for wanting to write “Game Design Deep Dive: F2P” was to explore the idea of video game ethics. There have been several attempts at trying to define an...

If you play Wordle, prepare to be bamboozled by five-letter wordsWordle seems to have gained some traction. It’s gotten a few spinoffs that focus on geography or increasing the stakes. I haven’t played them because...

Retro Review - Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance on GBAA critical look at one of IGA’s beloved gamesCastlevania: Harmony of Dissonance was released for the Game Boy Advance in 2002. Developed and published by...

Don’t know where to start with the massive Itch Bundle for Ukraine? Here are 25 picks to get you startedSo, you’ve bought the Bundle for Ukraine on Itch — well done. It’s a great cause and a great bundle of...

The GBA’s incredible slate of games deserves more love and re-releases on modern consolesAs I play through the Castlevania Advance Collection, it occurred to me that the Game Boy Advance still lives vicariously...

It’s time to put your relationship to the testOne of the first things my boyfriend and I bonded over was our love of video games. We survived the dealbreaker question of which console is best — Xbox, of...

All hail Miriel, the turtle popeTo say that I’m currently enjoying Elden Ring would be a comical understatement. Whenever I’m not playing it, there’s an extremely high probability that I am thinking about it. Its...

So. Much. Wordle.When writing the previous article, I didn’t expect to write a second part, much less this soon, but ports kept on coming and I missed a few ones that were already out as well, so I’ll be covering a...

A remake has long been rumored, but is there fire behind the smoke?Rumors of a remake for Resident Evil 4 (RE4) have made some noise for a while. The franchise has regained a lot of its strength in recent years, in...

FromSoftware’s take on storytelling is one of the reasons I cannot stop playingLike many gamers around the world I’ve found myself enraptured by Elden Ring. It has exceeded my expectations (bugs aside) and I’ve...

When fandom, video games, and entitlement combineThis is a bit different from the kinds of posts I like to write about, but it’s something that has been in the back of my head for years now, especially after doing...

It’s our responsibility as gamers to call out sexual harassment in the industryThere has long been a perception that the gaming industry normalizes, and potentially encourages, sexual violence. While the consumer...

Necrosoft Games has contributed millions toward the crisis efforts in UkraineI began publishing games on Itch.io in February of 2017. It had only been a few months since I started making them in the first place. At the...

This cute little game is a relaxing way to actually enjoy the food service industryI love casual management games. Stardew Valley and Slime Rancher are some of my go-to relax-and-shut-down games, full of cutesy art and...