Picking Up Steam: Demolish & Build 2018 (PC)
Bulldozers. Jackhammers. Wrecking balls. The destructive potential of such powerful construction equipment can seem exciting, but in reality, they often
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The Game Hoard
Chronicling Video Game History By Playing Every Video Game Ever Released
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Picking Up Steam: Papers, Please (PC)
Papers, Please is a game about playing as a poor man working at a border checkpoint for a totalitarian regime
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Picking Up Steam: Serial Cleaner (PC)
Once crime starts getting organized, you have to account for more than just the trigger men. After the people you
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Picking Up Steam: Zeno Clash (PC)
The strange and fantastical world of Zeno Clash immediately catches your eye when you start playing this first-person action game.
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Fashion Dreamer (Switch)
With the rise of social media, a new avenue was created for people looking to get into the fashion industry.
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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Hyperstone Heist (Genesis/Mega Drive)
While Nintendo systems would receive fairly faithful ports of the two arcade brawlers Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Teenage Mutant
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Kraken Odyssey (Switch)
Kraken Odyssey is a game that starts to crumble apart the longer you play it. While it looks at first
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Princess Tomato in the Salad Kingdom (NES)
In the Salad Kingdom, people made of fruits and veggies live together in relative peace. Despite most of the citizenry
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Cocoon (Xbox Series X)
In Cocoon, you find yourself carrying entire worlds with you, and while this starts off mostly as a novelty, soon
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Root Bear (Playdate)
When I first played Root Bear, it did seem like a bit of fun, but I wasn’t sure I was
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Battletoads/Double Dragon (SNES)
The crossover Battletoads/Double Dragon is one where you hope one of the participating franchises is on its best behavior. Double
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Lunar Lander Beyond (PS5)
Lunar Lander Beyond is part of a broader effort by Atari to see their old classics reinvented into more modern
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Yars’ Revenge (Atari 2600)
When I first got a look at the gameplay of Yars’ Revenge many years ago, I had figured I had
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The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom (Switch)
In The Legend of Zelda series, three goddesses bless the land of Hyrule with the Triforce. Split into three pieces,
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RealSports Volleyball (Atari 2600)
RealSports Volleyball finds a nice little position between being a no-frills beach volleyball experience and one that isn’t so simplistic
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Splitgate (Xbox Series X)
If you start building levels up higher in a first-person shooter, it can come with a few risks. Having the
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Omega Strikers (Xbox Series X)
Omega Strikers looks to take the ideas of air hockey and make it into a full-body sport. Rather than paddles
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Darwin Project (Xbox One)
Technically, most battle royales are a fight for survival. You’re thrown into the same battlefield with a bunch of other
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Pac-Man Mega Tunnel Battle: Chomp Champs (PS5)
It’s not too hard to imagine a Pac-Man battle royale. Throw tens of players into one giant maze and let
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NFS Heat Takedown (Arcade)
The street racing, cop-dodging action of the Need for Speed series feels like the exact kind of fast-paced action that
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SNK Heroines: Tag Team Frenzy (Switch)
Fighting games have played host to many female characters even from their earliest days, some of the earliest video game
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