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A screenshot from King's Field shows two frog-like adventurers exploring a dark tunnel, swords aloft.

A Return to From

By Rob Rich • July 16th, 2025

Like many folks, Rob loves him some FromSoft (Dark Souls, Elden Ring, etc). But he still misses the company’s much older approaches to the Action RPG genre.

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A screenshot from Robocob: Rogue City shows the titular fellow all shiny and chrome.

I Don’t Know How I Feel About Robocop: Rogue City

By Rob Rich • June 17th, 2025

After finally playing that one recent Robocop game, Rob has conflicted feelings.

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A moodily lit screenshot from Quake II shows several soldiers patrolling and underground compound.

Literally Nobody Asked For This

By Rob Rich • May 15th, 2025

Microsoft showed off a version of Quake II “generated with AI” and Rob is just… so fucking tired…

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Three Felynes from Monster Hunter World stand shoulder-to-shoulder, awaiting conversation with the player.

Why Monster Hunter World Pisses Me Off

By Rob Rich • April 18th, 2025

Rob’s been a fan of the Monster Hunter series for quite some time, but there’s something Monster Hunter World does that really pisses him off.

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A top-down view of the Caves of Qud map, rendered in all its ASCII glory.

Graphics Are Never Everything

By Rob Rich • March 19th, 2025

While being able to visually enjoy (or even just parse) a game’s visuals are important, Rob isn’t a fan of just how much importance people sometimes place on them.

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Principal Bump stares down a nervous Luz in a scene from The Owl House.

On Bump and Bias

By Rob Rich • February 19th, 2025

Countless examples of “don’t judge a book by its cover” exist in media, but Rob wants to zero in on Principal Bump from The Owl House.

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A screenshot from No Man's Sky's Mass Effect crossover event shows the Normandy cruising through an asteroid field.

Videogames Shouldn’t Be Work

By Rob Rich • January 21st, 2025

Rob’s been noticing a trend for games to host limited time events, and he’s not a fan.

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Key art from Farming Simulator 17 shows a large tractor sitting in a freshly mowed field.

Fighting Depression With Farming Simulator

By Rob Rich • December 13th, 2024

It wasn’t until recently that Rob figured out why Farming Simulator became his go-to game during a particularly rough mental patch.

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A screenshot from Saturnalia shows a woman in an 80's sweater standing inside a church, the whole scene lit by an otherworldly purple light.

The New Maniac Mansion

By Rob Rich • November 20th, 2024

Lucasfilm Games’ classic adventure hasn’t gotten a remake or a remaster, but there’s one game in particular that sure feels like it’s carrying that torch (and running with it).

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Zenless Zone Zero's Nicole, a scantily clad woman with bubble gum pink pigtails, blows a bubble gum bubble of her own while staring down the viewer.

I’m in This Game and I Don’t Like it

By Rob Rich • October 16th, 2024

Rob’s noticed some odd parallels between him and a particular character from Hoyoverse’s Zenless Zone Zero, and it’s not who you’d think.

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