#videogames

Johan C. Wyckoff

Jun 8, 20223 min read

Game Review: Death Stranding

Death Stranding is Kojima without limits.

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All Thumbsticks Game Review: Coffee Talk

Johan C. Wyckoff

Apr 23, 20213 min read

All Thumbsticks Game Review: Coffee Talk

Video games have a wonderful flexibility between involved gameplay to quietly living out a different life entirely. Take the indie...

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Johan C. Wyckoff

Apr 3, 20212 min read

All Thumbsticks Game Review: Downwell

Fall deep into a well while blasting bullets at enemies from your boots.

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Johan C. Wyckoff

Mar 1, 20213 min read

All Thumbsticks Game Review: ECHO

I was fortunate enough to get this game and was blown away at its meticulous world and gameplay.

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All Thumbsticks Game Review: Last of Us Part II

Johan C. Wyckoff

Sep 24, 20203 min read

All Thumbsticks Game Review: Last of Us Part II

There are some stories that shouldn’t have a sequel.

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Johan C. Wyckoff

Aug 28, 20203 min read

All Thumbsticks Game Review: Spider-Man

Play for the thrill and story of one web swinger.

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All Thumbsticks Game Review: Star Wars: Fallen Order

Johan C. Wyckoff

Jul 14, 20203 min read

All Thumbsticks Game Review: Star Wars: Fallen Order

Star Wars video games are back? Read on to find out Johan's take.

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Johan C. Wyckoff

May 22, 20203 min read

Game Review: Kingdom Series

Build up your kingdom better than Lord Farquaad.

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Game Review: South Park: The Fractured But Whole

Johan C. Wyckoff

May 11, 20203 min read

Game Review: South Park: The Fractured But Whole

"OMG! You killed Kenny!" and possibly this game in the process.

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All Thumbsticks Game Review: Resident Evil 7: Biohazard

Johan C. Wyckoff

Apr 15, 20203 min read

All Thumbsticks Game Review: Resident Evil 7: Biohazard

The only thing scarier than this quarantine.

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All Thumbsticks Game Review: God of War (2018)

Johan C. Wyckoff

Apr 8, 20203 min read

All Thumbsticks Game Review: God of War (2018)

He is Kratos, teacher, husband, and now father. God of War has changed.

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All Thumbsticks Game Review: That Dragon, Cancer

Johan C. Wyckoff

Mar 30, 20203 min read

All Thumbsticks Game Review: That Dragon, Cancer

Stories that create catharsis for players are hard to create. That Dragon, Cancer is one of those games.

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All Thumbsticks Game Review: Watch Dogs Retrospective

Johan C. Wyckoff

Mar 6, 20203 min read

All Thumbsticks Game Review: Watch Dogs Retrospective

Outside of conceptual “hack the planet” undertone, Watch Dogs provides a stealth or action experience to players.

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All Thumbsticks Game Review: Borderlands 3

Johan C. Wyckoff

Jan 4, 20203 min read

All Thumbsticks Game Review: Borderlands 3

Well. Here we are. This is it; Borderlands 3. Fans have waited for too long and now, it’s finally here. After ten years of waiting,...

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All Thumbsticks Game Review: Ryse: Son of Rome

Johan C. Wyckoff

Dec 26, 20193 min read

All Thumbsticks Game Review: Ryse: Son of Rome

You know that feeling of when you see a game a long time ago, then all of a sudden you get it as part of a winter sale and realize how it...

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All Thumbsticks Game Review: Tomb Raider (2013)

Johan C. Wyckoff

Nov 26, 20193 min read

All Thumbsticks Game Review: Tomb Raider (2013)

You know, there’s a lot of mascots in the video game world. Apart from the major blockbuster of Smash, the collective genres of video...

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All Thumbsticks Game Review: Blasphemous

Johan C. Wyckoff

Oct 29, 20193 min read

All Thumbsticks Game Review: Blasphemous

Who knew that a small Spanish video game studio could make a true magnum opus? Blasphemous, developed by Game Kitchen, published by...

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All Thumbsticks Game Review: River City Girls

Johan C. Wyckoff

Oct 2, 20193 min read

All Thumbsticks Game Review: River City Girls

Beat ‘em up games have spanned for as long as video games have existed: Streets of Rage, Battletoads, and Double Dragon cabinets have...

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All Thumbsticks Game Review: Super Mario Odyssey

Johan C. Wyckoff

Sep 24, 20193 min read

All Thumbsticks Game Review: Super Mario Odyssey

Mario, Mario, Mario. What are we going to do with you? You’ve jumped, rolled, karted, and spun your way into our hearts through the many...

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All Thumbsticks Review: Contradiction: Spot the Liar!

Johan C. Wyckoff

Aug 26, 20193 min read

All Thumbsticks Review: Contradiction: Spot the Liar!

People like to play detective in some small way; it adds to the thrill of mundane life. From watching Masterpiece Mystery on Sunday...

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