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Key art for The Long Dark, featuring the title, a graphical axe, and a man warming himself by the fire in a snowy wilderness.

The Long Dark of the soul

My wife calls it my depression game.

Key art for Donkey Kong Bananza. Donkey Kong, with Pauline on his back, smashes downward into a large rock as gold explodes around his fist.

Donkey Kong Bananza and reward density

How to beat the slog

The logos for Promise Mascot Agency and Fantasy Life i.

The source of overwhelm: Fantasy Life i and Promise Mascot Agency

What differentiates one checklist from another

Screenshot from Drova: Forsaken Kin where a group of fighters are in a store, one of them saying "N... no. M... my arm is fine again. I... I can work."

On red pixels: violence and verisimilitude

Guest Backlog from Brandon Walsh