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Steam Cleaning #39: Loop Hero

As I begin this review, I’m struggling to avoid loop puns and figures of speech, but I keep coming back to them. Everything about this game loops, from its protagonist’s circular path to the cycle of expeditions and unlocks. And unfortunately, that loop keeps bringing me back to the issues I have with the game.…

Steam Cleaning #38: Counter-Strike: Global Offensive

CS:GO has always seemed, to me, like the standard modern shooter. Games like Call of Duty came along and popularized certain aspects of the genre with player-friendly additions like ADS, sprinting, and reflexive control schemes, but CS:GO continued in the traditions of old-school shooters. That was, in my mind, what CS:GO was. After having played…

Steam Cleaning #37: Dungeon Souls

My first time playing Dungeon Souls, I couldn’t get my controller to connect. I restarted my game to fix the problem, only to realize the controller was horrible for the game. While exploring the menus, I triggered some text that was meant to explain the ‘forge.’ Said text remained behind when I backed out into…