Astro Bot jumping up in front of other astro bots, including Kratos, Nathan Drake, and Aloy
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Astro Bot: An Ode to Fun

// Foreword When you take a look at the video gaming industry in the year of our lord 2024, you’ll see many things. You’ll see games that are released and…
The Boy and the Heron: Miyazaki’s Magnum Opus
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The Boy and the Heron: Miyazaki’s Magnum Opus

The Boy and the Heron is Hayao Miyazaki laid bare. It’s his love, fear, past, and future all in one. It’s confusing at times, yet simple at others. The film’s ideas orbit in and out of each other’s gravitational fields, at times even colliding.
Fire Punch: Nihilism, Love, & the Meaning of Life
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Fire Punch: Nihilism, Love, & the Meaning of Life

What do people do when they’re placed in awful, unending situations with their back up against the wall? What becomes of oneself when your whole existence is suffering and surviving? How do people find meaning in that? How to they find purpose?
The Rise and Fall of Level-5
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The Rise and Fall of Level-5

Level-5 has created games with Sony, Microsoft, Nintendo, Square Enix, Ubisoft, and Bandai Namco. They have the best-selling game in Japan on the best-selling console of all time. Not only that, but they took Japan by storm with their media franchise and supposed Pokémon Killer, Yo-Kai Watch. So what happened?