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Rooster: a virtual portal to ancient China
May 7, 2024A parchment-like scroll is laid out on a flat surface. Perfectly imperfect splotches of watercolour red, gray, and green bleed onto the pages as they shift under your command. Black brushstrokes line up the scenes you are about to experience — paper lanterns, busy markets, and ornate pagodas. This is the world of Rooster, a “single-player point-and-click” video game that explores the culture of ancient China. Created by the Toronto-based Sticky Brain Studios, Rooster is set to launch early in 2025. While it may be a bit of a wait to play Rooster itself, you can test out some of…
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Video games that helped me cope with health anxiety
March 13, 2024Content warning: mentions of illness and death. Illness anxiety, previously called hypochondria, is a type of anxiety where the affected person constantly believes they have a serious medical problem. For me, every new freckle signals cancer, and the common cold…
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Venba is a heartwarming love letter to a Tamil immigrant’s experience
September 26, 2023I’ve always believed a great game is characterized by the way it engages the player physically, mentally, and emotionally. Most video games tend to capture players with elaborate plotlines, dramatic effects, and competitive battles, but Venba awakened my emotional state…
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How is this Animal Crossing island coping after its mayor got over the game months ago?
November 24, 2020Fog sets in on anotha night. Da animals are running amok since da boss dipped. I look around, dart in ma mouth, frown on mah face, and no time fa bullshit tonight. Tonight, ya boy’s on da case. I swear…
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Among Us is amongst the most relatable games for SFU students
October 12, 2020If online school taught me anything (not that I’m too sure it has) it’s how to be antisocial and how to procrastinate. What better way to utilize both these life skills than with Among Us, the game that promises betrayal…
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Celeste is part-puzzle labyrinth, part-masterpiece
January 13, 2019Mountain climbing has never been so adorable — and unbelievably challenging. Made with a lot of love and effort from a small team of indie developers, Celeste is a video game that has captured the hearts (and frustrations) of many.…
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Video game versus video game: Star Wars Battlefront
May 31, 2018Star Wars Battlefront and Star Wars Battlefront II (2015/17) [caption id="attachment_104414" align="alignright" width="213"] Image courtesy of Pandemic Studios[/caption] You’ve stolen the Imperial plans and you’re sprinting along the trenches of volcanic Sullust. You hear the howl of a TIE fighter…
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Bendy and the Ink Machine’s newest game is the weakest one so far
May 13, 2018The range of emotions I experienced when playing the newest chapter of Bendy and the Ink Machine (BATIM) went from excitement, paranoia, and fear to confusion, frustration, and outright annoyance. This newest instalment delivers a chapter with lacklustre plot, stunning…
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Watch Dogs 2 is a much improved sequel
November 26, 2016Watch Dogs 2 is the sequel to the 2014 open world hacking game by Ubisoft Montreal. It is larger and more developed than the original, and puts players in the role of Marcus Holloway, a resident of the sunny San…
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Even with its flaws, Deus Ex: Mankind Divided is worth playing
September 12, 2016Deus Ex: Mankind Divided is the next entry in the Deus Ex series following 2011’s Human Revolution. An action-based game with role-playing elements, the game is set in the near future of 2029 with the primary conflict revolving around how…
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Simon Fraser University’s independent student newspaper since 1965.
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