Drew Toal
Contributor
By Drew Toal
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Review
Unraptured
Burial At Sea’s romp through Rapture is both too short and just long enough.
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Sawbuck Gamer
Viva La Revolución
Someone finally stands against the oppressive force of cat videos—plus more in our free and cheap game roundup.
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Out This Month
Shooting People: The Next Generation
In this month’s releases, we encounter new consoles, familiar themes, and old favorites.
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Review
Anchors Away
Assassin’s Creed IV captures the excitement of a life on the Seven Seas.
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Decadent
Virtual Reality: Enter The Matrix and Saints Row IV
Saints Row IV does the Matrix better than The Matrix.
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Sawbuck Gamer
Fallout Boy
Inspector Blindson reveals the hidden dangers of nuclear energy.
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Review
Grimm Fandango
The Wolf Among Us picks up where the design of Telltale’s The Walking Dead left off.
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Out This Week
Norse To See You
This week’s new releases bring us Scandinavian culture by way of Japan and robots who—get this—punch each other.
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What Are You Playing This Weekend?
Clive Thompson, writer
The author of Smarter Than You Think relaxes in bullet hell.
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Out This Week
Who’s The Real Monster?
With a new installment on the horizon, Drew considers the morality of Pokémon-on-Pokémon violence.
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Sawbuck Gamer
Hunger Games
In Jaws: The Text Adventure, everyone’s least favorite Great White tells its side of the story.
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Out This Week
Basketball Jones
A few games try to keep their head above water in Grand Theft Auto V’s white and turbid wake.
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For Our Consideration
Jedi Outcast
A Star Wars racing game makes the case that The Phantom Menace wasn’t all bad
