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Binary System Podcast #19 – All Star Wars, All the Time

You can listen to this episode on our Binary System Podcast channel at Anchor.fm! To give everybody a break from all the hype surrounding a certain movie that comes out at midnight tonight, the twins will spend today’s podcast talking instead about Existentialism in literature, and the differences between Solipsism and subjective relativism. (pause) AHAHAHAHAHAHA! Just

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Jordan Pollock

Final Smash Bros Direct Goes Out With a Bang

December 15th 2015 marked the very last Nintendo Smash Bros Direct, and although it didn’t give everyone exactly what they wanted, it still managed to take everyone by surprise. The biggest news, of course, was the inclusion of three brand new characters to the Smash Bros family. One character we already knew about, the other

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Review – Star Wars: A New Dawn

It was the Dark Times. Evil had triumphed, a light had gone out of the world, and people had lost hope. The destruction of the Jedi? No, I’m talking about how I felt right after Star Wars Episode 3, which is why I’ve never seen an episode of Star Wars Rebels. After the Prequels I pretty much

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Jordan Pollock

Pixel Clicks Podcast #39 – Kojima is Mom’s Spaghetti

You can listen to this episode on our Pixel Clicks Podcast channel at Anchor.fm! Welcome to the PCP experience! This week the guys listen to Jordan talk about his favorite games at PSX, good news about Overwatch, the Final Fantasy VII remake, and yet another weird entry into the Konami/Kojima saga.

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Review: Star Wars – Aftermath

             “We have a problem…” Remember the ending of Return of the Jedi, with the Ewok celebration (and in the re-release, the footage of liberated cities pulling down statues of Emperor Palpatine)? Star Wars: Aftermath starts just a few seconds after that, right when things start to go wrong. Imperial troops fire indiscriminately into

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Jordan Pollock

PSX 2015 Preview: Randall (PS4)

Continuing the trend of interesting 2D-platformers, Randall, by developer We The Force, is a Metroidvania-style platformer that focuses more on the Metroid side of the genre. For those who don’t know, Metroidvania is a style of platformer that relies on gated progression and back-tracking. In other words, some areas in the game will be inaccessible until you discover abilities that

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Jordan Pollock

PSX 2015 Preview: Klaus (PS4)

The 2D-platformer is possibly the most iconic and prevalent genre in video games today. At times, it seems like there’s another one being released every day. So coming across a unique 2D-platformer feels like a rare treat, and Klaus might very well be that treat. Developed by La Cosa Entertainment, Klaus is a 2D-platformer in the vein of Thomas

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Jordan Pollock

PSX 2015 Preview: Severed (PSVita)

Developed by Drinkbox Studios, the fine folk that gave us Guacamelee, Severed is a first-person hack n’ slash dungeon crawler that blends elements of games like Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance, The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword, and Fruit Ninja. The combination of these games with the first-person perspective makes Severed easily the most unique game I played the

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