Jim Trinca
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I HATE DOLLS We were TRAUMATISED by Alone in the Dark's haunted house experience
Things got hectic and weird when we were told to show up to an abandoned mansion on an island in the Thames.
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PODCAST Inspired by Dune 2, what's the best game with a load of sand in it?
What's course, rough, and irritating, but gets nowhere? It's the VG247 podcast!
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VIDEO Five reasons why Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth is Square's best ever sequel
Building on strong foundations creates dividends for the burgeoning RPG anthology series
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GAAS-LIGHTING That one live service game you begrudgingly like? It's probably just as bad as all the others, you just need an intervention
As if "always online" is a selling point for entertainment. I'm always online! Let me log off!
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DISC-USTING What's the best game that shipped on multiple discs? The Best Games Ever Podcast
Most games shipped on multiple discs, if you think about it...
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THE SHIITAKE SHOW The problem with Xbox is that you don’t need an Xbox, and that's a hard circle to square
Xbox Anywhere, except under your TV where it's supposed to be.
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Contains only minimal discussion about Blackbeard's syphilitic pinger.
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NO PRO You don't need a PS5 Pro | Have live service games reached their nadir with Suicide Squad?
Would you prefer a PS5 Pro or an Xbox on the go?
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Life wasn’t easy in 19th century Japan, but it wasn’t THAT bad.
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EVERYONE LIKED THAT That game everyone loves that you just can't stand? Turns out, everyone's got one of those
Some popular games are actually real stinkers.
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S**TE TRAP Do NOT mention this game on the podcast
Don't say you weren't warned!
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ALL IN THE CARDS Marvel’s Midnight Suns is finally getting the attention it deserves
Dealt a poor hand on release, it looks like Firaxis’ turn based tactics/card battler hybrid is finding an audience.
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AMNESIA: THE BLUNDER 2023 games you FORGOT about: The Best Games Ever Show
Remember when we had a new Zelda — A NEW ZELDA — and everyone forgot about it within a week?
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…AND THE REVOLUTION Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown's most controversial feature is a game changer
Providing a whole suite of tweakable difficulty options is a boon for accessibility, and dads.
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'EAR ME OUT Are bone-conducting headsets what middle-aged gamers need to feel alive again?
Creative’s Outlier Free Pro+ has been a revelation for gaming with hearing loss.
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TANGOED Bethesda's masterpiece is our Game of the Year 2023
That's right, it's Hi-Fi Rush!
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HE'S A ROBOT COP RoboCop Rogue City was the best shooter of 2023, and it's our GOTY
Of all the year's big surprises, this exceptional licensed game was the nicest.
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GIT REUNION The Best Games Ever Show Christmas Special
Who is the best Santa in video games? And is it Tony Blair?
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A DIE WAS CAST VG247's Games of the Year: Baldur's Gate 3's unlikely consensus
The stars aligned to give Larian Studios its best shot at a mainstream hit, but they made their own luck by building an incredible game.
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DEAD MEN Kane & Lynch 2 is still the GOAT, so it's our GOTY
2010's most underappreciated shooter is bolder than anything 2023 could throw at it.
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TAKE A SPIN VG247 GOTYs 2023: The Cosmic Wheel Sisterhood
It’s wheely, wheely good. Oi, you get back here right now!
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TRAGIC CLICKER VG247's Games of the Year 2023: Alan Wake 2
That time when Remedy reinvented horror and forged an exciting shared universe.
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Tom Kicks Off Podcast Audit #3: Tom reveals the guest he hates the most
...and the least.
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Tom's on this Are there any good video game spin-offs into a completely different genre?
Look, we all know Mario has loads. You don't need to say it.
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Celebrate c'mon! VG247’s Alternate Game Awards 2023
We doubt anyone will be putting these on their mantlepiece.
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LIKE A SIEVE The GTA 6 trailer is online now, 14 hours ahead of schedule
It seems Rockstar can't catch a break from leaks
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LOAD OF GUFF GTA 6 finally grows up, adopts a mature tone
But we've got the antidote to that.
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NICE CITY GTA 6's Vice City has had a huge glow-up
This ain't a PS2 game.
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TURNCOAT Shock Betrayals and Other Gaming Tropes
Getting screwed over is just part of the deal as a video game protagonist.
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SLAPSTICK TROOPER Lethal Company is video game comedy in its purest form
Gaming’s answer to Red Dwarf doesn’t need a script.
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DEEP SPACE CONFINED Game of Thrones star Lena Headey makes a triumphant return to genre TV
Beacon 23 redefines the bottle episode as a stage for immense creativity.
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A STAR TOO FAR What’s the best game that we’d give a kicking?
Sometimes your review is an outlier, but that’s ok.
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CRIMINAL AMBITION GTA 6: five things it should keep, five things it should skip
Rockstar should not be afraid to cherry-pick the best ideas from its past, while ditching the ones that didn't work.
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DADDY COOL Monarch: Legacy of Monsters makes a good case for Hollywood nepotism
…but struggles to make a case for itself.
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BEST DIRECTOR 15 years on, Left 4 Dead still rules the genre it created
The greatest PVE shooter of all time is now old enough to rent The Godfather.
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TAKE A SEAT What's the best game you can finish in one sitting?
Sometimes you just need a quick one.
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VOX POP Steam’s best destruction simulator is astounding on PS5, but it's missing a crucial feature
Blow off Steam while you’re blowing off steam in Teardown’s console edition.
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HORROR KING Five things Alan Wake 2 does better than every other horror game
The game Remedy has spent its entire existence building to could teach other studios a few things
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FICKLE RICK Rick and Morty’s Season 7 recast is the least of its problems
Cartoons have been changing voice actors for decades, but few of them are a lightning rod for culture wars.
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CHIMNEY BOP Celebrate Christmas in style with this horrid viral PS4 theme from some game nobody remembers
Marvel as the commercialisation of Christmas continues to plummet new and exciting depths.
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LONDON PUN The best game set in London isn’t what you think
England’s capital is gaming’s second city, but some games get it so wrong.
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COD BLIMEY Modern Warfare III's mundane recreation of London's south bank makes me want an entire game of that
Hyper-realistic scenes of ordinary urban afternoons are wasted on Call of Duty.
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HOLLYWOOD HYRULE The best Zelda movie has already been made
From Studio Ghibli to Star Wars, the tropes Zelda draws from can be found everywhere.
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WHAT A MELON Suika Game: there’s a reason this weird watermelon game is one of Nintendo Switch’s best-selling titles
“What if 2048 had a physics engine” is one of the stupidest elevator pitches ever. And yet.
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GALAXY ZEST Somehow, Lower Decks is the best Star Trek show since Deep Space Nine
The critical success of this animated spin-off proves that you shouldn’t judge a holonovel by its isolinear rod.
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DAFT PUNT From Alan Wake to Miles Prower: what are the best pun names in gaming?
The Best Games Ever Podcast episode 76
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FUTURE IMPERFECT Robocop: Rogue City Review - finally, a worthy sequel to the classic film
After decades of diminishing returns, Old Detroit’s finest is back with something to say.
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CLIFFHANGER Jusant review: an incredible vertical odyssey with a hopeful environmental message
It will forever be notable that Don’t Nod’s best game was the one without any spoken dialogue.
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FUHGEDDABOUDIT What's the best game set in New York, apart from Marvel's Spider-Man 2?
How d'ya like them Big Apples?
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BRINE SWEEPER Steam’s best roguelike finally hits Switch today – and every Nintendo fan should take note
Dave the Diver contains more genres than Waterstones, and it's now on console.