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Dan Santaromita

ARTICLES: 23
Games & Tech, Review

Review: Next-Gen Update Finally Makes it Safe to Play Cyberpunk 2077 on Consoles

Cyberpunk 2077 has had quite the journey. When developer CD Projekt Red announced it back in 2013, it was a cool concept from the makers of The Witcher franchise. By […]

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Review: Rover Mechanic Simulator Is Good for Mars Engineering Enthusiasts and No One Else

Simulator games are infamous for having titles that make you think “That’s a game?” For every high-budget Microsoft Flight Simulator, there are dozens of Electrician Simulator, Chinese Driving Test Simulator, […]

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Review: Jett: The Far Shore Has Big Ideas But Is More Frustrating Than Fun

It’s no secret in video games that trailers can sometimes be deceiving. Sure, they can show off pretty visuals with cool music, but it’s not always clear what the actual […]

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Review: The Medium Does Many Things Well, but Frustrates with its Gameplay

There are so many elements to a video game. Doing some elements well does not guarantee others came together quite so nicely. The Medium is a game that does story, […]

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Review: Beautiful Desolation Mixes Stunning Visuals, Interesting World with Forgettable Gameplay

There are so many indie games that have cool gameplay ideas with simple stories and scaled down visuals. They come up with a cool gameplay hook and build everything around […]

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Review: Gensou SkyDrift Has Solid Kart Racing Hampered by Dated Visuals

Nostalgia in video games can be useful to connect with players. There’s an entire genre of platformers built to look like old school games and some of them are very […]

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Review: Maquette‘s Puzzles Are Hit and Miss, but It Nails Its Romantic Indie Film Vibe

Video games often struggle with high-level storytelling. Even the Uncharted series, which is lauded for its characters and story, probably compares to a B movie or a mediocre action flick […]

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Review: Memoranda is a Typical Point-and-Click Adventure with a Story That Gets Weird

Point-and-click adventure games have been around since the early days of video games. The simpler nature of the point-and-click gameplay means those games generally require less technology. That simplicity also […]

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Review: Call of Duty Remains King of the Genre with Black Ops Cold War

The first-person shooter genre has evolved with the rise in popularity of battle royale games in recent years. Call of Duty joined that party with Warzone, which released in March. […]

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Review: Astro’s Playroom Shows Off DualSense Controller While Being Full of Joy

Pack-in games for new consoles are nothing new to PlayStation, but they haven’t exactly been big hits. Recently, The Playroom on PlayStation 4 and Welcome Park on PlayStation Vita were […]

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Review: Black Desert: Prestige Edition Has So Much Potential With So Many Issues

Hardware limitations are nothing new to video games. Most games will have minor to significant concessions from the developers’ vision just to get their game to run correctly. Black Desert […]

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Review: Cloudpunk‘s Memorable Futuristic City Is Worth Enduring Its Bugs

Cyberpunk is a well-explored genre in science-fiction. As tech improves we can see more fleshed out versions of these worlds in video games. One of the most anticipated games in […]

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