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Fixing Dehya
April 15, 2023
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Fix Dehya. Please. Image: Hoyoverse
Having played Genshin Impact for over a 400 days now and hung out in Genshin’s Reddit communities for this long, I generally don’t think every character has to be meta. It’s okay to have average damage!
On the other hand, I don’t think for characters…
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Alien: Isolation Design Masterpost
August 10, 2022
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Image: The Verge
Alien: Isolation (currently $40 on Steam) is one of my favorite games of all time, and one that’s often gone unnoticed by many. In short, it’s a survival-horror masterpiece full of brilliant design ideas and iconic aesthetic elements.
Because I can’t really play horror games, however, I…
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Review: Genshin Impact (Part 1)
July 15, 2022
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Pictured: Genshin 2.4 Lantern Rite. Image: Hoyoverse
[CONTAINS SPOILERS]
Genshin Impact is developed by Hoyoverse (synonymous with Mihoyo), a Shanghai-based game developer, released in September 2020, though the game had already been in development since 2017. Its development remains ongoing, with a version update arriving every 6 weeks or so,…
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Review: Genshin Impact (Part 2)
July 15, 2022
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Every 50:50 moment. Image: 91mobile
[CONTAINS SPOILERS]
In Part 1 I wrote about the main reasons why you should probably play Genshin Impact, and in the second and final part of the review, we’ll dive into more of its nuances and places where it could still use improvements. Don’t…
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RIP Surface Book
October 28, 2021
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All three generations of the Surface Book share the same design, yet honestly, they never got less exciting in person. Pictured: Surface Book 3. Source: Microsoft
I’m a huge sucker for beautiful tech stuff, and I’ve always had a soft spot for the Surface Book series.
It may have started…
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