Joaquín Selva

Tiny Civilization is a Huge Achievement in Puzzle Gaming

Cropped Screenshot of Tiny Civilization Menu

I recently found myself with a few dollars in my Steam wallet (thanks to selling trading cards and Counter-Strike 2 drops), which I used as an opportunity to find some hidden gems for cheap. First, I finally added Fallout: New Vegas to my Steam account for a measly $2.49, but I still had some left […]

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Play The Elder Scrolls: Castles (AKA Fallout Shelter 2) Now!

Screenshot of The Elder Scrolls Castles main gameplay view

A few years ago, a little mobile game called Fallout Shelter came out and blew everyone’s mind. Here was a free mobile game that was actually meant to be played as much as the player wanted, with none of the forced timers or paywalls that then plagued (and still plague) most mobile games. Sure, Bethesda

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How and Where to Read and Buy Digital Comics/Manga Legally

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Comic books are magic. While part of the magic of a comic book cannot be digitally reproduced, digital comics are still a great way to experience both modern comics and the many decades of comic history, without having to track down and organize dozens of physical books just to follow a story arc. Also, since

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PSA: Skip the Blue Light Blocking Glasses and Just Set Your Phone and Computer to Use Low Light/Night Modes

A picture of a laptop, a smartphone, and glasses.

If you spend a lot of time looking at screens, you’ve surely become a target for advertisements for a certain product: blue light-blocking glasses. These are glasses that block out blue light with the aim of making screen time easier on your eyes. Whether you’re intrigued or just a skeptic trying to poke around some

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Fellow KartRider Drifters: Please Play Speed Mode!

Screenshot of KartRider Drift mode selection screen

KartRider Drift is Nexon’s latest entry in their series of kart racers, and it’s a lot of fun for anyone who doesn’t have a Nintendo device that they can play Mario Kart on. KartRider Drift also has the benefit of being cross-platform, meaning you can play the same account on your computer and your phone

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John Romero’s Book, Doom Guy, Is Excellent

John Romero's Doom Guy

If you’re into video games, you know Doom. Whether it defined your childhood, adolescence, or adulthood, or whether you just like seeing people trying to get it to run on increasingly ridiculous devices, the game that spawned the FPS genre (well, along with Wolfenstein 3D) is unarguably one of the most influential of all time.

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