Faith: a deceptive term implying trust, and perhaps benevolence. The belief in a higher power demands an instinctual confidence in the unknown, however questionable the ethics of its systems. Familial relationships are often built on faith; family members may be loved unconditionally even if generally…
Andrew Gerdes
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Andrew is a lot of things: film buff, game critic, writer, music addict, junk food blogger, beer enthusiast, and is known to be a pretty cool dude. He has written for Cynosure Gaming and now Cliqist and would love to make a legit career out of it. He also has a pretty irrational love for Silent Hill 2 and P.T. and horror in general so you know he's a smart guy.
Andrew Gerdes
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One weekend when I was young, I was laying on my back in my bedroom staring upwards, considering imprisonment, I suppose. In a daze, likely a case of the mid-adolescent liminal syndrome plaguing my developing mind at the time; I decided to forge a lasting…
Andrew Gerdes
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Red Dead Redemption 2 is a vast landscape absorbed in chaos, dread, and desperate survivalism. The game is fundamentally designed around violence as the answer to all of the player’s problems, demanding they lay waste to any and all in their path marked red on…
Andrew Gerdes
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The very basis of a platformer is predicated on a player’s determination. “Thank you, Mario! But our princess is in another castle!” is the defining instance of the genre’s inherent notion of insisting on progression in the face of adversity. Without an end goal, however…
Andrew Gerdes
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Where the Water Tastes Like Wine understands that America is a nation of shared experiences. Myths and legends resound throughout culture, built upon through word of mouth, weaving each individual across every city and state into a large tapestry. One “grand story,” as the game…
Andrew Gerdes
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A grave issue with photorealistic design in games is how the moment any imperfection pops on screen, the immersive experience which the developers are aiming to provide is shattered. Often a development team is intent on erasing the bridge between reality and fiction entirely, to…
Andrew Gerdes
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The infamous annual Steam sales are a heavy burden on just about any PC gamer’s wallet. Slashed prices, half-off titles, wishlist games that are finally affordable. The purchases rack up as the system plays into the obsessive culture surrounding consumerism. Spending becomes a daily venture…
Andrew Gerdes
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My grandfather passed away at the age of 97 years just the other day. He had been struggling with sickness and decay for quite some time, and his expiration date was always growing closer in sight. A handful of days preceding, lead vocalist of The…
Andrew Gerdes
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In November of 1957, the Soviet spacecraft, Sputnik II was launched housing a single occupant. Laika was a stray dog found wandering the streets of Moscow; born and raised a bum, but selected to be the first living being to be sent beyond the skies….
Andrew Gerdes
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Florence is entirely predicated on intimacy as a social bond. It is a mobile game for the mobile addict, transforming the isolated technological confines of a phone into a conduit for a compassionate tale of longing — even suggesting headphones for the best experience, to…
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