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Cyberpunk 2077 and the already broken media landscape

CD Projekt Red’s long anticipated open-world RPG, Cyberpunk 2077, has been a colossal failure at launch. More hours and words have been spent detailing how the game is a buggy broken mess than discussing the themes and game's story; console players and reviewers were duped, and despite warnings from their own developers, leadership at CDPR … Continue reading Cyberpunk 2077 and the already broken media landscape

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Assassin’s Creed: Valhalla, Review Part 2

Valhalla, Part 2. A dichotomy runs through it all There’s something quite magical about a large, powerful character like Eivor who is also a renowned, gifted poet and animal lover. This dichotomy plays well into this game that itself wishes to be a many-faced entity: At once a stealth-em-up, but also a brutal viking simulator; … Continue reading Assassin’s Creed: Valhalla, Review Part 2

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Assassin’s Creed: Valhalla, Review Part 1

The Assassin’s Creed franchise is fascinating in its gradual erosion of the very concept that made it initially unique – the titular aspect that has, through time, diminished in its impact and import: being an assassin. The first game leaned very much into the nature of being an assassin, having you play as perhaps one … Continue reading Assassin’s Creed: Valhalla, Review Part 1