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Video games
fromKotaku
22 hours ago

Crimson Desert Review Round-Up: Dazzling, Fun, But Very Flawed

Crimson Desert launched to mixed reviews, with critics divided between praising its combat and visuals while criticizing its weak narrative and bloated systems.
Games
fromGame Informer
9 hours ago

Crimson Desert Review - Open-World Overload - Game Informer

Crimson Desert is a visually stunning open-world game with impressive technical achievement, but suffers from a confusing narrative, lack of thematic depth, and numerous frustrating gameplay elements that undermine its potential.
fromEngadget
3 months ago

Avatar Fire and Ash review: Maybe it's time to sunset Pandora

No matter what you think of James Cameron's Avatar movies, their technical ambitions are undeniable. Cameron developed his own camera system to shoot the first Avatar in 3D, but since most of the actors were digitally captured, he also had the freedom to construct scenes with a virtual camera after they were physically shot. For Avatar: The Way of Water, which arrived a whopping 13 years after the first film, Cameron also leaned into high frame rate footage and new ways of modeling natural fluid
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Television
fromVulture
3 months ago

Abandon All Hope

The Abandons is a disjointed faux‑feminist western whose narrative gaps and thematic incoherence undermine characters and make sustained viewer engagement difficult.
Games
fromGameSpot
6 months ago

Assassin's Creed Shadows: Claws Of Awaji DLC Review - Same Old, Same Old

Claws of Awaji improves Shadows' target-pursuit gameplay but fails to resolve core narrative shortcomings, leaving character arcs and the ending unsatisfying.
Television
fromThe Walrus
6 months ago

The Enshittification of Gaming | The Walrus

Lost prioritizes perpetuating viewer engagement through unresolved mysteries and narrative hooks rather than providing substantive philosophical or conclusive storytelling.
Video games
fromInverse
6 months ago

15 Years Later, One Failed Metroid Game Felt Like A Vital Lesson For Nintendo

Metroid: Other M is an experimental but flawed entry that harmed the franchise's reputation with a poorly received story despite solid action gameplay.
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