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Lauren Harradine

I'm a hoopy frood who knows where her towel is. I grew up inciting my peers into NBA Jam matches on my beloved SNES, and writing fan fiction about Tetris—in runes, of course. Once I got two kills in a single round of PUBG, so I'm sure you'll agree that my gaming pedigree speaks for itself. When I'm not gaming, I spend a great deal of time rick-rolling, translating texts into Elvish, weaponizing my hair, and sneaking into places I'm not supposed to be.

Drumming wild with Atman

Before I attended AVCon, I can’t honestly say that I would ever have thought a psychedelic combination of Pacman with the rhythm genre would be a thing that could...

Homeowner is a game about adulting that is such a mood

Adulthood has got an awful lot going for it. You can buy whatever you want to eat! You can have your own place! No one can tell you what...

Oninaki Review – Semi-Charmed Afterlife

Content warning: suicide, assisted suicide. When I sat down to play Tokyo RPG Factory’s latest JRPG Oninaki, I thought I was in for a real What Dreams May Come time...

Gibbous A Cthulhu Adventure Review – Cracking open an Old One with the boys

Haven’t we all frequently wondered what our cats would say if they could talk? How contemptuously they would judge us, their human ‘overlords?’ Exactly how quickly would they assert...

Professor Lupo and his Horrible Pets (Switch) Review – Puzzling Behaviour

In a perfect world, every video game would have cute pets in it. However, we live in a fallen world, a truism exemplified by the pets of Professor Lupo...

Bloodstained Ritual of the Night (PS4) Review – Igavania Mania

Koji Igarashi attempts to achieve an almost Sisyphean task with Bloodstained Ritual of the Night. It's not only positioned it as a celebration of Metroidvania but also amongst...

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