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For once I bothered to actually play a few demos during the newest Next Fest. It’s nice to return to this post format sometimes, though the demo lineup is now so massive (and maybe always was…
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In my last post, I mentioned I’d only played one demo for Steam’s latest Next Fest. In the very short time since then, I played two more that…
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NOVID 2021, Part 1
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Revisiting Escaflowne, Part 1
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