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								    Ranking The Weirdest Trading Cards I Found At Comic-Con By How Good The Gum TastesTucked away in a tiny corner at San Diego Comic-Con, past all the big... 
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								    Netflix Needs To Stop The Set Piece SlopI’m not sure what’s going on at Netflix. The streaming platform seems completely incapable... 
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								    Daredevil’s 18 Episodes Are A Good ThingMarvel’s Disney+ shows aren’t shows. Not really. They’re “six-episode events” that feel like dragged-out... 
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								    There’s Nothing As Satisfying As Winning At Fighting GamesI wouldn’t say I’m great at all that many video games. As is tradition... 
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								    Revisiting Kanto – Fuchsia City Is Pokemon’s Most Peaceful And Most Pathetic TownInsert Kanto Column intro paragraph version #12… oops, I mean, um… Welcome back fearless... 
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								    Renting Super Mario RPG In The 90s Made It A Co-Op GameSuper Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars is far and away my most-played... 
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								    Thor: Love And Thunder’s God Of Dumplings Needs Its Own MiniseriesThor: Love And Thunder will have been out in the wild for a while... 
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								    Twin Peaks Merch Makers, I’m Begging You, Stop Releasing Plastic Models Of Laura Palmer’s Dead BodyThe problem with Twin Peaks is that it’s too cool. The music, fashion, aesthetic,... 
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								    The Trouble With TeabaggingTeabagging has been a gaming staple for at least two decades, but it’s back... 
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								    I’ve Fallen In Love With MultiVersus And It’s All Velma’s FaultMultiVersus has snuck up the inside track to nestle in as one of my... 
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								    How Neon White And Celeste Make Boss Fights Feel Like Part Of The GameIn Neon White, a boss fight is just another level. And for a boss... 
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								    In A Post-Avengers World, Individuals Are The Best Part Of The MCUFor the first decade of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, it was always an open... 
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								    Iron Giant Proves Multiversus Isn’t Just A Smash CloneMultiversus, which officially launched today in Early Access Open Beta (because that’s how video... 
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								    Princess Daisy’s Rabona-Infused Arrival Into Mario Strikers: Battle League Is Better Late Than NeverI wasn’t particularly sold on Mario Strikers: Battle League at launch. I was the... 
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								    What Would A “Faithful” Resident Evil Adaptation Actually Look Like?I don’t love Netflix’s Resident Evil series. It tries too hard to be current... 
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								    Five Games To Help You Cope With the UK HeatwaveIt’s well hot in the UK right now. It might even be too hot.... 
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								    The Quarry Proves You Can Never Predict The Future Of Video GamesWe never really know what the future of video games holds. Unlike other artistic... 
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								    Pokemon Scarlet & Violet Should Finally Introduce Dual-Type GymsWe all love Gym Leaders, but the standard Pokemon Gym format is the biggest... 
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								    Pokemon Go TCG Expansion Is A Great Set, But Not A Great Pokemon Go SetI’ve never had more mixed feelings about a Pokemon TCG expansion before. On the... 
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								    Spielberg Would Have Been The Perfect Fantastic Four DirectorIt’s leak week for the MCU, apparently. I don’t know why these things tend... 
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								    Ms. Marvel’s End Credit Scene Confusion Shows How Much We Lack Media LiteracyMs. Marvel’s finale aired recently and in doing so introduced some fascinating developments for... 
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								    The Only Thing RoboCop: Rogue City Needs Is Good PoliticsI’ve seen a lot of hesitant comments about Nacon’s just-announced RoboCop: Rogue City. Some... 
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								    Resident Evil Review: The Most Faithful Adaptation YetNetflix’s Resident Evil deserves a lot of credit for telling such a bold story.... 
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								    Is There Anything More American Than Racist Arguments About Whether Sam Wilson Is Captain America?Recent news about the upcoming Captain America 4 seems to have set off a... 
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								    Why Is Ubisoft Throwing Assassin’s Creed The Worst Birthday Party Ever?Have you ever been to a party where you were expecting to have a... 
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								    The Biggest Gaming News For July 11, 2022This being a Monday, I’m sure that you’ve been hard at work since the... 
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								    It Doesn’t Matter If The Last Of Us Remake Is A Cash GrabThe Last of Us remake has come under fire once again ahead of its... 
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								    The Biggest Gaming News For July 3, 2022I would normally make a joke about how bad Sundays are because they come... 
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								    We Shouldn’t Have Cared About EA’s Single-Player Tweet As Much As We DidBrands should simply never tweet. Companies are desperate to go viral and to be... 
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								    Beavis And Butt-Head Do The Universe Is One Of The Movies Of The YearI was ready to ignore Paramount Plus, which recently launched in the UK, because... 
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								    2023 Looks Like It Will Be A Great Year For Video Games – Maybe We Should Hope It Isn’tBack in December, I wrote that 2022 was going to be a banner year... 
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								    5 Video Game Characters That Have Gym Leader EnergyThis is a list of video game characters who remind me of Pokemon Gym... 
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								    I Can’t Believe Earth Defense Force Is A Real GameI’ve got some friends who love the Earth Defense Force series, but I’ve always... 
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								    We Need More Gaming Partnerships Like Mario + RabbidsMario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope’s release date was revealed at yesterday’s Nintendo Direct,... 
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								    Just Make A Mandalorian Video Game AlreadyYou don’t have to exert any mental effort to imagine a Mandalorian video game.... 
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								    You Should Be Very, Very Wary Of Disney Dreamlight ValleySo I guess going after predatory Disney games is just my thing now. I’ve... 
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								    Ubisoft’s Next Showcase Cannot Distract From The Needs Of Its EmployeesFinancially speaking, Ubisoft seems to be in a lot of trouble. A weak release... 
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								    You’re Not Excited About Mega Man Battle Network EnoughI’ve been waiting for this day for so long. Everytime some random SNES game... 
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								    We Have To Talk About The Doja Cat Needle Drop In ElvisEver since I saw the Elvis movie at the weekend, I’ve been listening to... 
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								    Marry Me, Neon VioletI would die for Neon Violet. I’m only halfway through Neon White, and there... 
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								    Ace Attorney’s Hot Clown Girl Controversy Is Finally Going To Get Me To Play ItI’ve been meaning to play Ace Attorney for a while now. There are a... 
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								    Avatar And Hellblade Missing Summer Game Fest Was A Huge WasteBack in December 2021, I wrote that 2022 was going to be a year... 
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								    Move Over Time Loops, 2022 Is The Year Of The Multiverse2021 was a banner year for time loops. TheGamer’s official Game of the Year... 
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								    The Biggest Gaming News For June 26, 2022Sundays are for looking forward in terror at your upcoming week at work or... 
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								    Why Did Nobody Tell Me How Profound Returnal Is?I didn’t play Returnal when it came out in 2021 because I wasn’t in... 
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								    Revisting Kanto: I Want To See Celadon City At NightCeladon City is the place I have most been looking forward to on my... 
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								    Dragon Age Fans Are Absolutely Starving Right NowPart of my job as a journalist is keeping an eye on various fan... 
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								    The Netflix Method Of Dropping Shows All In One Go Is OverIf you’re as old as I am, you’ll remember a time when streaming services... 
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								    1,000 Planets, 500 Hours, And Everything Else That Turns Me Off As A Gaming ParentI’ve tried and failed on a number of occasions to pinpoint exactly when I... 
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								    Sonic Frontiers Needs Less Ubisoft And More Tony HawkI played a bit of Sonic Frontiers earlier this month, and I found it... 
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								    Dragon Age: Dreadwolf’s Title Means Nothing And EverythingDragon Age 4’s title has now been officially revealed, with BioWare confirming the game... 
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								    Why Are Games Refusing To Learn From Final Fantasy 7 Remake?I have a strange relationship with video game remakes. I think in an increasingly... 
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								    I Love The Terrible Lost Video GameIn 2008, Lost was red hot. This pop culture-conquering TV show about a group... 
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								    Redfall Is Arkane’s Dying Light, Not Its Left 4 DeadWhen Redfall was revealed at E3 2021, my heart sank a little. As a... 
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								    Mass Effect’s Among Us Mod Is The Only Way I Want To Play ItIt’s rare that I write about mods here at TheGamer. Sure, we have features... 
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								    Venba PreviewVenba was the shortest game I played from the Tribeca Game Selection last weekend.... 
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								    Co-Op Might Already Be Ruining Gotham KnightsGotham Knights seems determined to hurt me, personally. While everyone else fawns over RTSs,... 
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								    Co-Op Might Already Be Ruining Gotham KnightsGotham Knights seems determined to hurt me, personally. While everyone else fawns over RTSs,... 
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								    Anger Foot Preview: Rise Of The Blooter ShooterIt’s been ten years since the release of Devolver Digital’s first big hit, Hotline... 
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								    Oxenfree 2: Lost Signals Preview – Stranger Things Are HappeningOxenfree 2: Lost Signals has been on my radar for a while now. I’ve... 

 
												
 
														 
														 
														