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Wandersong (PC) Review

David Sanders — Thu, 02 Jan 2025 14:00:56 +0000

“Skipper Dan,” a song by “Weird Al” Yankovic, tells the story of a brilliant actor who has always been told he’ll be extremely famous someday. However, because he can’t find any big-ticket gigs in show business, he ultimately ends up working a job he despises, as a tour guide on Disneyland’s Jungle Cruise ride. This might seem strange, but the story told within Wandersong strikes me as the exact…

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Gift Guide: Turn-Based Strategy & Tactics Games

David Sanders — Mon, 30 Dec 2024 14:00:46 +0000

I’ve always preferred turn-based strategy games as opposed to real-time strategy. I find I struggle with having to manage multiple units and make tactical decisions without having as much time to think things through as I would prefer, even though I almost exclusively play strategy titles against AI opponents — they don’t complain if my turns take too long. If you and/or any of your loved ones…

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Gift Guide: “Cozy” Steam Games

David Sanders — Wed, 25 Dec 2024 18:00:46 +0000

With the holidays upon us and the arrival of winter (at least in this hemisphere), you and/or your loved ones might be looking for some new “cozy” games to play until the hustle and bustle of the holiday season has relented and the weather warms up again. I’ve got a few suggestions to get you started: These games range from fantastical alchemy, to high-tech “Dad games,” to something for all the…

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David’s Steam Winter Sale 2024 Recommendations

David Sanders — Tue, 24 Dec 2024 14:00:11 +0000

The weather this past summer was obscenely hot in my hometown, so to say I’m glad winter is finally here is one heck of an understatement. No matter how cold it might be outside, there are tons of hot deals to be had on Steam between now and January 2nd, 2025. I’m here once again to recommend a decently long list of discounted games with which I’ll most definitely be curling up under a blanket for…

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Potionomics (PC) Review

David Sanders — Mon, 23 Dec 2024 16:00:45 +0000

I imagine knowing that your main reason for getting up in the morning and going to work so that you can pay off debt isn’t the most pleasant feeling. However, that exact situation is the force that drives the story of Potionomics. In Potionomics, you play as Sylvia, a novice potion witch who suddenly finds herself expected to pay off a huge debt her recently departed uncle owed to a bank before…

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David’s 2024 Steam Autumn Sale Suggestions

David Sanders — Mon, 02 Dec 2024 18:00:20 +0000

I don’t normally write lists of game recommendations during the more “minor” Steam sales that take place during a typical year, like the Halloween Sale and the Autumn Sale, but I’ve found myself with a few worthy suggestions up my sleeve now that this year’s Autumn Sale has arrived. I might as well fire them off in an article in the hopes that you might be able to gorge yourself on copious amounts…

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WoW’s 20th Anniversary Event is Here

David Sanders — Tue, 22 Oct 2024 15:00:58 +0000

My fellow denizens of Azeroth, World of Warcraft’s 20th-anniversary event is upon us. This event may already be live depending on when you’re reading this article. Blizzard Entertainment seems quite intent on making this anniversary event the biggest in WoW’s history, which is why I’m here to provide you with a rundown of what you can expect. In fact, this anniversary celebration will comprise an…

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All NA WoW Accounts Getting Free Game Time

David Sanders — Fri, 26 Jul 2024 15:00:11 +0000

The pre-expansion update (or “pre-patch”) for World of Warcraft: The War Within launched earlier this week, and I’m disappointed to report that the update’s first few days have been a bit of a mess, to put it diplomatically. For starters, Blizzard originally estimated that WoW would be unplayable due to maintenance for a period of about 8 hours on patch day, from 7 AM to 3 PM PDT. However…

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80 Days (PC) Review

David Sanders — Tue, 23 Jul 2024 15:00:12 +0000

If you’re anything like me, anytime you’ve heard the phrase “eighty days,” you’re suddenly filled with a sense of dread because that might mean summer vacation is almost over and you’ll soon have to go back to school. Or, on the opposite side of that coin, perhaps you’ve had quite a memorable summer vacation because you spent the first eighty days of it traveling around the world. 2015’s 80 Days…

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WoW: The War Within Pre-Patch Drops Soon

David Sanders — Mon, 22 Jul 2024 15:00:18 +0000

Fellow denizens of Azeroth, it is nearly time to begin waging yet another war in the World of Warcraft, specifically The War Within. Although the expansion itself won’t launch until late August, its pre-expansion update (“pre-patch”) will be live quite soon. In fact, you can likely even download it right now if you’ve allowed your Battle.net client to download pre-release content in advance. Here’…

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