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Games Reviews 

Was the Mario Kart World Direct Even Worth It’s Own Presentation?

April 22, 2025 Edward Saba-Castillo film review, gaming, Mario, Mario Kart, Mario Kart World, Mario Kart World Direct, Nintendo, Nintendo Switch, Nintendo Switch 2, Super Mario, video games

WAS THIS MARIO KART WORLD DIRECT EVEN WORTH IT’S OWN PRESENTATION?   On April 19th, Nintendo broadcasted their Nintendo Direct

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Books Games Reviews 

DC Comics x Sonic the Hedgehog Crossover (Part 1)- “Chaos Crisis!” The Speedsters Unite!

March 31, 2025March 31, 2025 Edward Saba-Castillo Batman, DC, DC comics, DC x Sonic, Shadow the Hedgehog, sonic the hedgehog, Superman, The Flash, video games

DC COMICS X SONIC THE HEDGEHOG: ISSUE 1 “CHAOS CRISIS”    REVIEW BY EDWARD BRYAN SABA-CASTILLO The age-old question, who

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The Toneys 2024

December 31, 2024 Halftone Staff movies, music, Ranking, TV, video games

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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Games 

I’m So Glad Echoes of Wisdom Exists

December 3, 2024 Ethan Gross Echoes of Wisdom, essay, gaming, Nintendo, Nintendo Switch, The Legend of Zelda, video games, Zelda

The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom is a game that nobody was expecting. Following the success of the two

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Games 

NOT A Dating Sim: Disney’s Twisted Wonderland and the Connotations of Otome Games

November 7, 2024November 7, 2024 Nora Stanwood Disney+, essay, gacha games, media representation, otome games, Twisted Wonderland, video 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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Games 

I Miss Spooky Levels in Games

October 31, 2024 Ethan Gross halloween, opinion, personal essay, spooky, video 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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Essays Games Reviews 

Alan Wake 2 “The Lake House”, The Latest Entry in Gaming’s First Shared Universe

October 29, 2024October 30, 2024 Adam Buckley Analysis, horror, Sci-Fi, Survival-horror, video games

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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Games 

Playstation’s Astro Bot Breathes New Life Into the 3D Platformer Genre

September 19, 2024 Steven Flickinger Astro Bot, game review, platformer, PlayStation, video games

Since the release of Super Mario 64 in 1996, the 3D platformer genre, with few exceptions, has essentially been the

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Games 

Balatro is 2024’s Best Deal in Gaming

March 25, 2024 Steven Flickinger balatro, indie game, poker, rogue-like, video games

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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Column Games Reviews 

The Scariest Night at Freddy’s; A FNAF horror-based ranking

December 9, 2023December 9, 2023 Mia Berrios Five Nights at Freddy's, Ranking, video games

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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Games Reviews 

Cavern of Dreams: Simple but Sweet

November 28, 2023 Ethan Gross collectathon, dragon, game review, gaming, indie games, PC games, platformer, platforming game, Review, steam, video games

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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Film Games Reviews TV 

Looking ahead to HBO’s newest 2023 drama, The Last of Us

November 11, 2022 Ronald Henefer HBO, Naughty Dog, PlayStation, reviews, The Last of Us, TV, TV Adaptations, video games

Film and television adaptations of video games have always had a big question mark next to them, as they all

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Essays Games 

Video Game Development and Crunch: The Industry’s Worst Kept Secret

October 2, 2022October 3, 2022 Frank Saponare Cyberpunk 2077, Hades, Insomniac Games, Lego Star Wars, Rockstar Games, Video Game Devlopment, video games

“A delayed game is eventually good, but a rushed game is bad forever.” This quote, often misattributed to Shigeru Miyamoto,

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Games Reviews 

It took 15 hours, but I finally love Horizon: Forbidden West

March 9, 2022 Kelli Hughes Horizon Forbidden West, PlayStation, video games

Horizon: Forbidden West is the much anticipated sequel to the critically acclaimed 2017 hit Horizon: Zero Dawn. It follows Aloy

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