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Obfuscated Rhythm Games

I’ve been a rhythm game fiend since my introduction to Dance Dance Revolution in the early 2000s. I spent years obsessed with DDR, took a detour into Beatmania, then played Guitar Hero / Rock Band nonstop for years. I haven’t gone deep on any rhythm games recently, but I

Balatro’s Least Erratic Decks

My most recent “just for fun” project was to find the least erratic of the Erratic decks in Balatro (a poker-ish roguelike deckbuilder game). Before each game, you pick a deck that has a special power. The Erratic deck completely randomizes the ranks/suits of the cards (such that

Playing Trombone Champ... with a Trombone

As a lover of both rhythm games and trombone, of course I got Trombone Champ. Naturally, I wondered: can I control it on an actual trombone?

In Search of Exploration Games

In Search of Exploration Games

(This article is spoiler-free.) In the past few years, I’ve fallen in love with exploration in video games. This mechanic is key in games like Outer Wilds or Subnautica. You’re dropped into the middle of a world and are given free reign to go anywhere, discovering many