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William Hughes Advertisement More Games Stories The original Crazy Taxi is a lost time capsule of the year 2000 Sam Barsanti In Y2K, Deus Ex taught gaming the true meaning of Liberty William Hughes In Carrion , it’s good to be The Thing William Hughes Floor Is Lava is a live-action video game, and that’s awesome William Hughes Advertisement Sep 4 2 Reviews 9/4/20 Reviews 9/4/20 Reviews Marvel’s Avengers has a story so good, it’s almost worth playing Marvel’s Avengers to see it William Hughes 89 2 We can’t imagine it’s intentional, but Square Enix’s new blockbuster action RPG Marvel’s Avengers has a lot in common with its primary villain, Advanced Idea Mechanics mastermind George Tarleton. (Marvel nerds will know him better as big-headed science baddie M.O.D.O.K., though the game tragically never manages to … Sep 4 1 Recommends 9/4/20 Recommends 9/4/20 Recommends Control ’s AWE expansion isn’t Alan Wake 2 , but it is a cool setup for it Sam Barsanti 23 1 Every Friday, A.V. Club staffers kick off our weekly open thread for the discussion of gaming plans and recent gaming glories, but of course, the real action is down in the comments, where we invite you to answer our eternal question: What Are You Playing This Weekend? Aug 28 1 Recommends 8/28/20 Recommends 8/28/20 Recommends Why Hulk feel so puny in the Marvel’s Avengers beta? William Hughes 54 1 Every Friday, A.V. Club staffers kick off our weekly open thread for the discussion of gaming plans and recent gaming glories, but of course, the real action is down in the comments, where we invite you to answer our eternal question: What Are You Playing This Weekend? Aug 21 Save Recommends 8/21/20 Recommends 8/21/20 Recommends Why don’t more games let you call the Wormfish? William Hughes 41 Save Every Friday, A.V. Club staffers kick off our weekly open thread for the discussion of gaming plans and recent gaming glories, but of course, the real action is down in the comments, where we invite you to answer our eternal question: What Are You Playing This Weekend? Advertisement Aug 14 2 Recommends 8/14/20 Recommends 8/14/20 Recommends The original Crazy Taxi is a lost time capsule of the year 2000 Sam Barsanti 63 2 Every Friday, A.V. Club staffers kick off our weekly open thread for the discussion of gaming plans and recent gaming glories, but of course, the real action is down in the comments, where we invite you to answer our eternal question: What Are You Playing This Weekend? Aug 13 2 On The Level 8/13/20 On The Level 8/13/20 On The Level In Y2K, Deus Ex taught gaming the true meaning of Liberty William Hughes 40 2 Gaming has always had a tricky time with labels. Take the ways critics have Frankensteined together various genre names for the medium over the years; what other artform asks connoisseurs to regularly pit the merits of a “Metroidvania with a Roguelike progression system” against an “environmental simulator with strong … Aug 12 2 For Our Consideration 8/12/20 For Our Consideration 8/12/20 For Our Consideration Fall Guys is the first battle royale game absolutely anyone can kick butt at William Hughes 30 2 Cheerful music plays. A quick pan across the map lays out the territory in play, full of bouncy shapes, bright colors, and semi-devious traps. And then the whistle sounds, and 60 goofy Minions wannabes start trying to climb, fall, and bonk their way to their collective goal. It’s not Spain’s famed Running Of The … Aug 11 4 For Our Consideration 8/11/20 For Our Consideration 8/11/20 For Our Consideration The PlayStation 2 launched with an all-time awful list of losers William Hughes and Sam Barsanti 190 4 Few video game consoles, dating back to the days of the original Nintendo Entertainment System, have had as heavy or as lasting an impact as Sony’s PlayStation 2, which arrived in North America in October 2000 to massive hype, massive demand, and one of the most massively awful launch lineups in the history of the … Advertisement Aug 7 1 Recommends 8/7/20 Recommends 8/7/20 Recommends Despite the name, Mobile Suit Gundam Extreme Vs. Maxiboost On is disappointingly simple Sam Barsanti 34 1 Every Friday, A.V. Club staffers kick off our weekly open thread for the discussion of gaming plans and recent gaming glories, but of course, the real action is down in the comments, where we invite you to answer our eternal question: What Are You Playing This Weekend? Jul 31 1 Recommends 7/31/20 Recommends 7/31/20 Recommends In Carrion , it’s good to be The Thing William Hughes 39 1 Every Friday, A.V. Club staffers kick off our weekly open thread for the discussion of gaming plans and recent gaming glories, but of course, the real action is down in the comments, where we invite you to answer our eternal question: What Are You Playing This Weekend? Jul 24 1 Recommends 7/24/20 Recommends 7/24/20 Recommends The comforts of a truly stupid mystery solved William Hughes 74 1 “Comfort gaming” is a regular refrain these days; even as other industries slow down, gaming continues to plug along, offering up a steady stream of welcome distractions, whether in the form of gorgeously realized Japanese islands full of people to hit with swords, or a continuing trove of great indie releases with … Jul 17 1 Recommends 7/17/20 Recommends 7/17/20 Recommends All aboard the Monster Train , toot toot William Hughes 34 1 Every Friday, A.V. Club staffers kick off our weekly open thread for the discussion of gaming plans and recent gaming glories, but of course, the real action is down in the comments, where we invite you to answer our eternal question: What Are You Playing This Weekend? Advertisement Jul 14 2 Reviews 7/14/20 Reviews 7/14/20 Reviews Ghost Of Tsushima is one of the most beautiful games ever made—and it knows it William Hughes 26 2 There’s an argument that crops up frequently in the world of gaming criticism—especially in the present environment, where the human cost of the industry’s obsession with ever-bigger, more beautiful worlds has never been more apparent—about the value of graphics. Terrible visuals can sink a good game, the old saw … Jul 10 3 Best Of 7/10/20 Best Of 7/10/20 Best Of The best games of 2020 so far William Hughes , Shannon Miller , Joey Clift , and 5 more 114 3 It feels fair to say that few spans of time in recent memory have called for a good distraction more desperately than the first half of 2020. Which makes it lucky that the most distracting of pop culture mediums, video gaming, has somehow managed to have a pretty banner year, despite it all. Insulated from the worst … Jul 10 Save Recommends 7/10/20 Recommends 7/10/20 Recommends This probably goes without saying, but it’s incredibly fun to be Iron Man Alex McLevy 21 Save Every Friday, A.V. Club staffers kick off our weekly open thread for the discussion of gaming plans and recent gaming glories, but of course, the real action is down in the comments, where we invite you to answer our eternal question: What Are You Playing This Weekend? Jul 8 1 Campaign Coach 7/8/20 Campaign Coach 7/8/20 Campaign Coach In The Last Of Us Part II , as in life, your best bet is always running away Alex McLevy and William Hughes 24 1 Note: This article contains spoilers for The Last Of Us Part II , up through the end of Seattle: Day 2. Advertisement Jul 3 2 Recommends 7/3/20 Recommends 7/3/20 Recommends Floor Is Lava is a l...