The Toneys 2024
Welcome to the first Toneys, Halftone’s year-end awards! To ring in 2024, our three editors, Sophia, Adam, and Dillon, have
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video games
I’m So Glad Echoes of Wisdom Exists
The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom is a game that nobody was expecting. Following the success of the two
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NOT A Dating Sim: Disney’s Twisted Wonderland and the Connotations of Otome Games
Disney’s Twisted Wonderland, or TWST, released March 18, 2020, in Japan, and Jan. 20, 2022, in North America, is a
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I Miss Spooky Levels in Games
I used to really like Halloween as a kid. The decorations, the candy, going trick-or-treating with friends, carving pumpkins, and
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Alan Wake 2 “The Lake House”, The Latest Entry in Gaming’s First Shared Universe
This October, fans of Alan Wake 2 (2023), the mind-bending, supernatural survival-horror epic, get to return to Cauldron Lake in
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Playstation’s Astro Bot Breathes New Life Into the 3D Platformer Genre
Since the release of Super Mario 64 in 1996, the 3D platformer genre, with few exceptions, has essentially been the
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Balatro is 2024’s Best Deal in Gaming
I’m addicted to Balatro, and for just $15, you can be too. Created by indie game developer LocalThunk and published
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The Scariest Night at Freddy’s; A FNAF horror-based ranking
With the release of the long-awaited film adaptation, the Five Nights at Freddy’s franchise has been firmly cemented in the
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Cavern of Dreams: Simple but Sweet
There’s a simple joy in revisiting the past. Retro pastiches are nothing new, they’ve existed for as long as people
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Looking ahead to HBO’s newest 2023 drama, The Last of Us
Film and television adaptations of video games have always had a big question mark next to them, as they all
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Video Game Development and Crunch: The Industry’s Worst Kept Secret
“A delayed game is eventually good, but a rushed game is bad forever.” This quote, often misattributed to Shigeru Miyamoto,
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It took 15 hours, but I finally love Horizon: Forbidden West
Horizon: Forbidden West is the much anticipated sequel to the critically acclaimed 2017 hit Horizon: Zero Dawn. It follows Aloy
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