[ad_1] This quarantine has left me incredibly overwhelmed and anxious — so if you give me an open world map to explore right now, like in Assassin’s Creed Odyssey or HZD, I’m going to end up wasting my time puttering around on sidequests and searching for secrets, with nothing but a few achievement baubles to […]
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Maybe don’t start playing ‘The Last of Us’ during a pandemic
[ad_1] I also like how the combat encourages you to be thoughtful — but not without a sense that you need to micromanage your inventory. And it’s not a horror game so much as one where there’s a long-standing undercurrent of tension. You sit forward in your chair, always primed for something to happen when […]
‘Kind Words’ is the rare social network where everyone is nice
[ad_1] When I looked at the requests waiting to be answered, I noticed that many of them seemed to come from young people; there were lots of kids worried about exams or complaining about their parents. It made me feel very parental in return, doling out advice about study habits or how to deal with […]
‘Untitled Goose Game’ and ‘What the Golf?’
[ad_1] The music and sound effects are similarly minimal but completely appropriate for the game. In fact, the music is one of my favorite things in the entire game. It’s a simple, mellow piano score that drops in and out of the game depending on what you’re doing. It hilariously ramps up in intensity the […]