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Everything You Need to Know About Words With Friends 2
Zynga is launching the "biggest evolution" of its mobile words game, with the hopes of luring more users and buoying its bottom line
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Review: Google's Pixel 2 a Great Samsung Alternative
Google is playing catch up to Apple and Samsung with the Pixel 2
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Review: Samsung's Galaxy Note 8 Is Superb, But Familiar
Is it enough to take on the next iPhone?
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September 5, 2017
Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle Review
It's another home run for the Nintendo Switch
By Matt Peckham
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This Gadget Gives Your MacBook Air A Touchscreen
The question is whether your MacBook Air is better with one
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Review: 'Arms' Is Weird, Wonderful, and Maybe the Perfect Switch Game
This fighting game is bizarre but fun in classic Nintendo fashion
By Matt Peckham
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Review: 'Magikarp Jump' Is So Dumb It Just Might Be Brilliant
The Pokémon Company's newest critter-catching game is all about the clicks
By Matt Peckham
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Review:
House of Cards
Returns With a Thud
As real-life politics generates high drama, the political shows that flourished in the Obama years--Veep, Scandal--suddenly seem less urgent. No show feels more diminished than Netflix's House of Cards, now in its fifth season. Cards...
By Daniel D'Addario
May 25, 2017
The Keepers
Avoids True Crime's Ghastliest Pitfalls
True crime has never been hotter. From the dingy (NBC's Dateline, pretty much anything on Investigation Discovery) to the highbrow (the podcast Serial, HBO's The Jinx), entertainment that allows viewers to play detective has increasingly...
By Daniel D'Addario
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Review: Brad Pitt Takes on the Runaway General in
War Machine
People outside the armed services rarely fathom what makes military people tick. War Machine, directed by David Michôd (Animal Kingdom) and adapted from the late journalist Michael Hastings' book The Operators, does. And although it's...
By Stephanie Zacharek
May 25, 2017
Review: 'Minecraft' for Nintendo Switch Is the Best Version Yet
It's another great reason to get a Switch
By Matt Peckham
May 11, 2017
'Prey' Is a Very Good Sci-Fi Shooter You've Played Before (So Far)
At least, that's how it feels 12 hours in
By Matt Peckham
May 5, 2017
'What Remains of Edith Finch' Is a Powerful Elegiac Mystery
A tale of death, and the things we leave behind
By Matt Peckham
April 24, 2017
Review: This Retro Console Is the Best Way to Relive Nintendo's Glory Days
The best NES simulator going, though you'll pay for it.
By Matt Peckham
April 6, 2017
Review: 'Ghost Recon Wildlands' Is the Open-World Shooter You've Always Wanted
It brings all of Ubisoft's best ideas together, and fixes its biggest problem
By Matt Peckham
March 6, 2017
Review: 'The Legend of Zelda: Breath of The Wild' Is a Masterpiece
A magisterial new Zelda more than capable of carrying the Nintendo Switch at launch
By Matt Peckham
March 2, 2017
Review: '1-2-Switch' Is the Real Reason to Buy the Nintendo Switch
A fantastic party game with a brilliant hook
By Matt Peckham
March 2, 2017
Review: The Switch Is the Nintendo System We've Been Waiting For
Thought important questions remain about the system's online features
By Matt Peckham
March 1, 2017
Review: 'Resident Evil 7' Looks Backward for Better and Worse
This is a very different spin on the classic survival horror series — but the results are mixed.
By Matt Peckham
January 23, 2017
Review: 'Gravity Rush 2' Gets Everything Right — Except the Controls
Another terrific premise with breathtaking freedom marred by fiddly controls
By Matt Peckham
January 10, 2017
Review: 'Super Mario Run' Is the Perfect Mobile Mario Game, Almost
Besides one potentially maddening flaw, Nintendo seems to have mastered designing games for mobile phones
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December 15, 2016
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The Last Guardian
Is a Thing of Wonder
The PlayStation 4 title is a monumental achievement that introduces a new kind of hero unlike any other
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December 5, 2016
Review: Oculus' New Controllers Fix the Rift's Biggest Shortcoming
It's the experience Oculus should have delivered 9 months ago
By Matt Peckham
December 5, 2016
Review: 'Final Fantasy XV' Is a Glorious Return to Relevance
It's the best Final Fantasy in years, and one of the best roleplaying games of 2016
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Review: 'Watch Dogs 2' Breaks as Many Things as It Fixes
A better story, smarter protagonist and subtler hacking tools fall victim to exploits and absent launch features
By Matt Peckham
November 17, 2016
Review: Apple Finally Brings Touch to the MacBook Pro
But not in the way anybody expected
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November 14, 2016
Review: PlayStation 4 Pro Offers Breathtaking Graphics So Long as You Have a 4K TV
Sony's $399 PlayStation 4 Pro is an achievement worth celebrating — but it's only worth it if you've got a 4K TV and demand the best graphics possible
By Matt Peckham
November 7, 2016
Review: 'Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare' Reaches for the Stars But Never Gets off the Ground
Activision's sci-fi installment of the popular shooter franchise is predictable and short on plot
By Matt Peckham
November 4, 2016
Review: 'Civilization 6’ Fixes Most of the Series' Biggest Flaws
Except a really important one
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October 25, 2016
See Why 'Battlefield 1' Makes World War I Great Again
Three words: pacing, pacing, pacing
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October 17, 2016
Review: 'Battlefield 1' Is One of the Year's Best Shooters
This is how World War I makes battlefields more interesting, not less
By Matt Peckham
October 17, 2016
Review: 'Skylanders Imaginators' Is a Game You'll Love Playing With Your Kids
It's the latest in Activision and Toys for Bob's popular toys-to-life series
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October 12, 2016
Review: 'Mafia 3' Squanders One of the Year's Best Stories on Stale Gameplay
Hanger 13's Mafia epic is at turns brilliant and at others broken
By Matt Peckham
October 12, 2016
Why 'Dragon Quest Builders' Is a Worthy Minecraft Alternative
A traditional roleplaying game staged in a beautiful block-filled sandbox
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October 11, 2016
Review: Playstation VR Is the Best First-Generation Virtual Reality Headset
Sony's VR device is the friendliest, visually clearest, most affordable of the initial raft of headsets
By Matt Peckham
October 5, 2016
Review: 'Dragon Quest Builders' Is the Post-'Minecraft' Game You Have to Play
It's a better builder because of its constraints, not in spite of them
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October 4, 2016
Review: 'Burly Men at Sea' Is a Whimsical Romp Worth Taking
A lighthearted folklorish tale of three men and the sea
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September 29, 2016
Why 'Virginia' Is a Fascinating Narrative Experiment You Have to Try
A wondrous strange vision from creators Jonathan Burroughs and Terry Kenny
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September 26, 2016
Review: If You Love David Lynch You Have to Play 'Virginia'
It's a poignant tale of tragedy and terrifying mystery for PC, Mac, PS4 and Xbox One
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September 22, 2016
What It's Like to Play 'Deus Ex: Mankind Divided'
The cyberpunk stealth-action game hides its politics in plain sight
By Matt Peckham
August 23, 2016
Review: 'Deus Ex: Mankind Divided' Offers An Incredible Array of Ways to Play
And that's before you've tinkered with the new Breach mode
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'Bound' Lets You Dance Your Way to Catharsis
A game about exploring the past through graceful motion
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Review: 'Bound' Is Beautiful to Watch, But Not Very Interesting to Play
Dance your way through a geometrically unhinged world
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