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  5 Reasons to Keep Buying Physical Media for Video Games

  August 9 at 5 a.m.

  One of the ways that I justified the expense of a Playstation 4 was that it would ultimately save me money thanks to its large storage capacity and cloud-based marketplace. Digital games tend to be cheaper than buying discs. Heck, many of my favorite games were both free thanks to...

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  Captain Spirit: A New Kind of Video Game Dread

  June 28 at 6 a.m.

  There is no game I am more excited about than Life is Strange 2. The first game was a marvel that I’ve played over and over again, and remains one of my favorite titles ever. The second installment featuring an all-new storyline has finally been announced for release on September...

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  Turbocharge Creativity at Houston's Newest High Tech Multimedia Lab

  June 14 at 4 a.m.

  Houstonians now have access to some of the hottest software and multimedia technology available and, believe it or not, it's completely free at the Houston Public Library. For kids still trying to work out whether they want to grow up to become Paul Wall, Gina Gaston or a Studio Ghibli animator, HPL's...

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  Why Don’t Video Games Get More Novelizations?

  May 28 at 4 a.m.

  Many Triple-A videos games rival major Hollywood blockbusters in terms of storytelling, scope and public impact. That’s why it’s weird that one of the staples of the blockbuster is still largely missing when it comes to gaming: novelizations. To be clear, I’m talking about straight novelizations of the in-game story,...

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  5 Playstation Games for the Hurting Inner Child

  May 18 at 4 a.m.

  I like to haunt the deals and PS Plus free games sections of the Playstation Store. It’s through these that over the years I’ve amassed what I call my sad inner child collection. They’ve come to mean a lot to me, especially as I’ve navigated a lot of therapy over...

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  What Ever Happened to StarTropics?

  May 8 at 5 a.m.

  Here’s an unpopular opinion: In the classic NES era, StarTropics was a better game than The Legend of Zelda. For those who might need a reminder, StarTropics was a first-party title released by Nintendo in 1990. It followed a boy named Mike Jones who was on a quest to find...