There are two tiers of soulslike games: those made by FromSoftware and everyone else. Many have tried to recreate the essence of those games but, almost inevitably, they all fall…
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David Klemke
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In college my teacher for the course of “Literature on the Internet” (which was still a weird thing back in 2001) asked us to perform a simple task: find her…
David Klemke
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I made a rule for myself early on when I started reading reviews: don’t read anyone elses until after I’ve posted my own. The reason for the rule is simple,…
David Klemke
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One of the things I’ve had to come to grips with over the 13 years (!) I’ve been reviewing games is the slow but steady drift in my own preferences…
David Klemke
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Before Annapurna started branding itself as the publisher for the weird and wonderful world of experimental indie titles they really had a hard time breaking through to mainstream. To be…
David Klemke
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I fucking did it; I got gud. You see, there’s always this trepidation when it comes to a new soulsborne game: is this the one, the game, which finally breaks…
David Klemke
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There’s a lot to be said for games that hone in on a core game play idea and ruthlessly pursue that without the additional cruft that seems to plague every…
David Klemke
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Retro shooters (which I’ve recently found out are now, somewhat ironically, called Boomer Shooters) and I don’t have the greatest history together. The improvements that have been made in the…
David Klemke
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It’s the early 90’s and we’re on a family trip down to the coast for a weekend away. We’d stay in one of the on-site tents, large enough to fit…
David Klemke
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The Witness stands out for many reasons but chief among them, for me at least, was the idea that a meticulously crafted game could still fail at its prime directive:…