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Author: Yussef Cole

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Evangelion and Endings

By Yussef Cole • August 1st, 2019

Twenty years later, what’s it like to watch the anime that made you stop watching anime?

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Dogs and Cities

By Yussef Cole • June 4th, 2019

One very good boy navigates newfound sovereignty in the upcoming indie game Home Free.

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The Silent Rot of Sekiro

By Yussef Cole • May 9th, 2019

Repeated failed attempts in Sekiro have wide-reaching consequences, but does the player’s persistence leave permanent scars?

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Alone at the End of the World

By Yussef Cole • April 1st, 2019

Why developers continue to make post-apocalyptic games is well studied. Yussef Cole instead examines why players like himself love returning to their ruined worlds.

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Art School, Demystified

By Yussef Cole • March 11th, 2019

With Art Sqool, Yussef deals with his academic FOMO.

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Corrupted Architecture

By Yussef Cole • January 8th, 2019

In both Bloodborne and The Favourite, wanton avarice rots leaders from within, spreading like a plague to their surroundings.

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Writing About Games: Learning to Love the Compromise

By Yussef Cole • December 6th, 2018

There is only so much compartmentalization you can do in separating a game from its production process and the worldview it espouses before you, as a writer, become morally compromised.

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The Snowman Gets the David Cage Treatment

By Yussef Cole • November 8th, 2018

Paper-thin characterizations and women stripped of their power? Yep, sounds like a Cage game.

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Couples Fighting

By Yussef Cole • October 5th, 2018

Unlike the anonymous nastiness of online competition, “couch co-op” games like Overcooked engender a different, more personal form of stress.

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The Grandeur of Overwatch League’s Grand Finals

By Yussef Cole • September 11th, 2018

An arena’s gravitas and a bit of Blizzard showmanship make OWL feel like a real sporting event

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