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‘Metroid Dread’ Review: Samus Aran Reclaims Her Throne
Evan Griffin October 22, 2021

When you think of what a Metroid game is supposed to be, what do you think of?  Many people will throw around buzz words like “isolation”, “open-ended”, “atmospheric” or “dreadful” with occasiona…

Evan Griffin October 22, 2021
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Super Smash Bros Ultimate News: Masahiro Sakurai is a saint, internet please stop
Evan Griffin August 8, 2018

This morning’s Nintendo Direct was all about following up on the reveal of Super Smash Bros Ultimate at this year’s E3 2018 in Los Angeles. Our first impressions of the gameplay and that i…

Evan Griffin August 8, 2018
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Iconoclasts & Bioware’s Fate: What the D-Pad Gaming News Podcast #16
Evan Griffin January 24, 2018

Welcome back to another installment of What the D-Pad, the weekly gaming podcast on Twitch.tv/TYFOfficial on every Wednesday or Thursday where we play a trending or topical game and discuss current ne…

Evan Griffin January 24, 2018
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Video Game Reviews
Video Game Review: Sundered
Travis Hymas August 15, 2017

I really wanted to like this more than I did. Playing Sundered was a bit of a trying experience for me during this review. The least fun part of reviewing anything is accepting that something you’re r…

Travis Hymas August 15, 2017
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In the early days of gaming consoles, well before “survival horror” was even a coined term (it started in 1996 with Resident Evil), gamers only got to experience a few select horror games. Some were i…

Justin Carreiro October 26, 2016
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Retro-Graded Games: ‘Castlevania’ After 30 Years
Travis Hymas October 15, 2016

There is something strangely ironic about returning to 1986’s Castlevania for the game’s 30th anniversary: picking the title up on the 3DS Virtual Console feels more like I myself am waking the dead a…

Travis Hymas October 15, 2016
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Nintendo announces NES Classic plug-and-play system
Ryan Gibbs July 14, 2016

Nintendo is banking on the retro game boom for the holiday season with the announcement of a miniature NES plug-and-play system. The company announced the release of the NES Classic Edition in a press…

Ryan Gibbs July 14, 2016
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