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Exploring the Protestant Reformation and History in Pentiment

One of the strongest games of 2022 also happens to have some of the greatest writing: Pentiment, the recipient of TechRaptor's Award for Best Writing in 2022. For history fans such as myself, it's…

January 9, 2023 | 12:30 EST

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Pentiment Promises Murder, Mystery, and Art History

There’s no doubt that Obsidian has a lot on its plates at the moment. After the success of The Outer Worlds, the Early Access launch of Grounded, and the impending release of Avowed and The Outer…

August 24, 2022 | 12:00 EDT

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Fallout: New Vegas At 10 - The Definitive Game Of War, Greed, and Loss

Fallout: New Vegas is the outlier of the modern Fallouts. While it shares the same alternate-history and wasteland of Fallout 3, 4, and even 76, thematically, it is a world apart.  While the other…

October 19, 2020 | 11:00 EDT

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The Outer Worlds on Switch: It’s Not the Best Choice

I was fortunate enough to play through The Outer Worlds twice in 2019. Both times, I sided with Dr. Phineas Welles, undermining the Board’s authority to restore some semblance of hope in Halcyon.…

June 4, 2020 | 08:00 EDT

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10 Video Games that Actually Live Up to their License

Licensing has always been a bit of a joke in the games industry. Movies based on games almost always suck, and a lot of games based on movies, comics, and TV shows don’t fare much better. A lot, but…

March 24, 2020 | 11:00 EDT

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The Outer Worlds Lets You Talk Your Way Out of Everything

When Bethesda first announced Fallout: New Vegas, it seemed like a goodwill gesture towards the franchise's oldest fans. Developed by Obsidian, which housed many of the talents that first developed…

June 17, 2019 | 02:00 EDT