I've been dying to play a 4X game lately, but having yet to really dig into Civilization VII (which has landed to some pretty middling reviews!), and which
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I was browsing through some early-morning gaming news today when, after seeing mention of the latest entry in the Battlefield series, I nearly spat my cup of tea all over
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To play a Hideo Kojima game is to be assaulted by “design” at every moment. Often, this expresses itself in an unparalleled love and commitment to some of the sickest technical design you have ever seen. Intermittently, it feels superfluous and impractical, a bit like a Hypebeast-y affect. Both of t
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Here at Aftermath, we only pick winners, as evidenced by our decision to become the first video game website ever (to our knowledge) to endorse a political candidate in newly
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