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Hylke Langhout has been writing about games since 2012 and believes in their artistic value and the social power of play. He plays both board games and videogames regularly and wants you to do so as well. You can find him on Twitter at @Gear12_Turbo and his Wordpress blog.
September 30, 2019 Wrestling

Let’s Talk About That Al Snow Clip

So this is a bit of a different one. There’s a clip of professional wrestler Al Snow talking about “toxic

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September 17, 2019 Board/Card Games

Smash Up Has A Tone Problem

Of all of the board games I own, Smash Up is the most frustrating. I bought Smash Up on a

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September 6, 2019 Wrestling

Johnny Gargano vs Adam Cole Was Everything I Loved And Hated About Wrestling

If you’ve followed me on Twitter for any significant amount of time, you’ll know that I love professional wrestling. I

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August 28, 2019 Board/Card Games

Why Eldritch Horror Really Nails Lovecraft

The works of H.P. Lovecraft are notoriously hard to adapt. There have been movies, videogames, role-playing games, and even board

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August 21, 2019 Video Games

Your Experience is Not Universal: Why Dark Souls Should Have An Easier Mode

Are you ready for some lukewarm videogame takes? Because boy do I have a particularly room-temperature one ready for you

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August 19, 2019 Video Games

Hylke’s Top 100 Favorite Games

A while ago, my best friend made a video series of his top 100 games of all time, and it

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October 28, 2015 Video Games

Revisiting Uncharted

I never owned a Playstation 3. I was firmly in the Xbox camp during the last generation. But I always

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April 19, 2015 Video Games

Dutch Students Produce Prehistoric Puzzler

Oskar Moleman is the team lead at Grotman Games. I spoke to him briefly about his inspirations and hopes for

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December 24, 2014 Video Games

Top 10 Most Interesting Games of 2014

2014 was a strange year for videogames. The start of a new console generation brings a lot of potential for

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August 28, 2014 Video Games

I Don’t Like Aiden Pearce

I was really looking forward to Watch_Dogs when it was first announced. I thought the concept of using data and

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