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What Animal Crossing Needs in 2021

I think we can all agree that one of the best things to come out of 2020 was Animal Crossing: New Horizons. With regular updates, relaxing gameplay, new mechanics, and tons of things to do, it helped ease the pain of quarantine…

Phenixx Gaming’s Game of the Year Staff Picks 2020

Last year, the Phenixx Gaming team started a tradition. We collect our individual Staff Game of the Year picks together and put them in an article. This site was built on a foundation of diverse voices and perspectives, so it didn’t make…

Hades is the New Gold Standard Roguelike

I play a lot of Roguelikes. Specifically, I play a lot of Roguelike Action games. When I am not playing them, I have a few favored YouTubers I watch that play some that I don’t own. This is a long-winded way of…

Keiran’s Top 3 Games Of 2020

WARNING: The following article may contain links or embedded videos with strong language. Reader’s discretion is advised. This year has been, as I will so often use as the metaphorical subterfuge against our no swearing rule, a play about pieces of feces. From…

David’s Retro Rewind – Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock

There’s a particularly special place reserved in my heart for the vast majority of games present within the Guitar Hero franchise. I say “the vast majority” because I’d personally like to forget that Guitar Hero Live exists. Despite that, this is the…

The Legacy of Media Comes from Fans

I’m sure whenever I get on my soapbox about television, fandom, and things like the audience contract that someone out there cringes. However, after seeing a few more controversial endings of series (such as Supernatural recently) I have come to consider something…

The Importance of Character Creation in First-Person Games

One of the most intriguing parts of gaming is the character customization menu. Delving out of the convention of putting yourself in the shoes of a defined protagonist, some games let you define just who the protagonist is, down to their mustache…

Cyberpunk 2077: The Awards To Come

Should games made under duress be awarded “Game of the Year,” “Best Direction,” and so on? Well, in the week ahead of us taking our yearly break, the ever-so energetic Kotaku published a piece criticizing the Game Awards‘ awarding The Last of Us: Part II‘s Directors…

David’s Steam Winter Sale 2020 Recommendations

As Andy Williams once famously put it, “it’s the most wonderful time of the year.” At least, it’s the most wonderful time that a perpetual garbage fire of a year like 2020 is capable of producing. Mercifully, it’s almost time for this…

A Tribute to Radios in Open-World Games

Open-world games tend to have a lot of polish and attention-to-detail, but I think one of the most underrated aspects of them is the inclusion of comprehensive radio stations whenever you pop into a car. As the following games lack an established…