Nicole Carpenter

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Nicole Carpenter·May 15, 2024

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A puzzle game that’s not to be missed

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Nicole Carpenter·Apr 5, 2024

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Let’s take a ride

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Nicole Carpenter·Aug 31, 2023

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Starfield buries its best moments beneath too much tedium

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Nicole Carpenter·Aug 17, 2023

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From the creators of The Red Strings Club

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Nicole Carpenter·Jul 31, 2023

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One of the most touching cooking games in years

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Nicole Carpenter·Jul 12, 2023

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The sequel expands the world of 2016’s indie darling, sometimes to a fault

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Nicole Carpenter·Apr 5, 2023

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What lingers under the surface?

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Nicole Carpenter·Mar 20, 2023

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Tchia’s joyful transformation mechanics distance the game from its open-world forebears

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Nicole Carpenter·Nov 1, 2022

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From developer Color Gray Games, The Case of the Golden Idol is an 18th-century murder mystery

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Nicole Carpenter·Aug 31, 2022

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OK, I get why people liked this game

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Nicole Carpenter·Aug 2, 2022

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Though the expansion launched with bugs, High School Years is still worth it

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Nicole Carpenter·Jul 28, 2022

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There’s a lot to do in Bear and Breakfast, a lot of story to unspool, and a lot of different characters to meet. You’ll pick up tons of trash and serve food to the humans that threw that trash on the ground. You’ll put down carpets and hang photos on walls, install plumbing and hire someone to fuel your fires.

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Nicole Carpenter·Jun 15, 2022

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Both a classic and modern delight

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Nicole Carpenter·Mar 16, 2022

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It felt nostalgic, like playing a video game sitting next to a friend, taking turns flipping the manual pages back and forth. It felt like making notes in those margins, circling hints and clues to come back to later. Sometimes, it was utterly surprising. A person found something so bizarre, unlike anything I'd seen yet in this world - and it flipped the game upside down. There's the community aspect to the language, too: Little bits open up as others present theories and translation methods, each pulling a different piece of information into the puzzle. When someone makes even the tiniest breakthrough, it feels unreal.

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Nicole Carpenter·Feb 15, 2022

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Welcome to my plant shop