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Have Phone, Won’t Travel: Mobile Gaming for the Quarantined

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If you’re not an essential worker actively keeping our society afloat, you have likely been asked to stay home. Simple! Wash your hands, do no harm, and stay home. If you’re getting bored, or need a new way to distract your brain from screaming into the void, I’m happy to suggest the following mobile games that won’t break the bank. Each game is available on both iOS or Android—sorry Windows phone users!—and have provided me with many happy hours of distraction.

And listen. I know gaming gets a bad wrap for being expensive. Sure, like any other hobby, you can spend a lot of money on it, but at the end of the day, it’s less about a bank draining and more about, you know, playing games.

Happy gaming!

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Ain’t Love Grand? – Games For Gaymers

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Credit: Wandersong – When you Bard the world Bards with you

Valentine’s Day is a complicated holiday for me. On one hand, it brings tasty heart shaped treats! On the other, with those treats comes an onslaught of heteronormative marketing and oddly strict gender roles. If you too are feeling the heteronormative heat, may I suggest cooling off with a good game with LQBTQIA+ themes? Below are some of my favorite games organized in two categories: Play As A Gay, and Queer Representation. Now go forth — be gay, play games!

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New Year, New You – Escapism Through Video Games

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Ah, the walking simulator.

Also known as “story rich” games, they’re my favorite form of storytelling and preferred video game genre. For quite a few of us, 2020 has entered the arena swinging. While I’m all for de-stressing with a violent video game  (Left For Dead 2 has gotten me through many deadlines), sometimes it’s better to escape into a good story. Walking simulators let us experience a story in first person POV, and their clearly defined check lists of objectives can take off some of the pressures of existence. Cue daily dose of existential dread. What follows are five of my favorite examples of story driven games, in no particular order. Now let’s get to it—these simulators were made for walking.

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The Return Of The Obra Dinn – A Love Letter Masquerading As A Review

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Insurance fraud inspection has never been so fun!

The Return Of The Obra Dinn - A love letter masquerading as a review
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I love detective games. The type of game that asks you to meticulously snoop through rooms and piece the puzzle together. What we in my humble apartment refer to as “Snoopy Susan Simulators.” My most recent discovery in this genre—and if you follow me on Twitter you likely already know where this is going—is The Return Of The Obra Dinn. A Snoopy Susan Simulator, masquerading as an Insurance Fraud Inspector Simulator, masquerading as 60 murder mysteries and whodunits. A game that begs for an 100 percent complete status, and if you want that 100 percent, buddy you best get to snooping.

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9 Cool Couch Co-ops To Keep You Warm This Winter

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It’s getting colder, and the thought of piling on more and more sweaters just to go out is exhausting. Why not stay in, invite some friends over, and play some cool couch co-ops? Below are some of my favorite (and most hated) co-ops in descending order of least to most stressful. If you’re in the mood to stress test your relationships, jump down to number two and one, but be warned, I will not be available to help you move. 

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The Inaugural Arbitrary Award Show – 10 Games I’m Excited About From PAX West 2019

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This is part two of our PAX West 2019 coverage. Read part one here.

Welcome to the first Arbitrary Award Show round up! These prestigious, yet completely arbitrary, awards are chosen by a committee of one—myself—and laid at the digital feet of their incredible developers. This year’s PAX West was bursting with talent, but in the end I could only grant ten awards. Let’s start the show!

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