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The Insight: Why Star Fox For Switch 2 Didn’t Impress Our Newest Writer
By Zhya Colon This was my first experience ever playing a Star Fox game, and might I say, I was heavily disappointed. I am aware…
The Roundup: The Circle’s First NEA Grant, Beatdown City Survivors, Enthralling Roguelike Saros, American History in Games, Xbox Layoffs, Obsidian Pivots, More!
By Ronald Gordon Hello and welcome back to the Roundup! This is one of a series of articles dedicated to highlighting the brilliant works of…
The Insight: Kimari Rennis Returns To Review The Straight Up, Unadulterated, Zombie-Horde Fun Within Beatdown City Survivors!
Editor’s Note: In a Critics Circle first, we are running two reviews of former contributor Shawn Alexander Allen’s Beatdown City Survivors. The first is written…
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