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By the time Steven S. DeKnight's monster v. robot slugfest starts to get fun, it's too late to forget all the boredom that preceded it.

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This week, Nick and Eric take up arms in order to free America from the Nazi regime, and occasionally talk about Wolfenstein: The New Colossus.

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The dungeons may be randomly generated, but Necropolis guarantees monotony around every corner.

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As a movie, Space Chimps tanked pretty hard. As a videogame, though, it's got a lot going for it.

Obscure's tendency to eliminate certain characters from time to time in the name of slasher conventions happens to also be its twist on the survival horror genre.

Through its focus on a character bound by no law coming into conflict with encroaching civilizing advancements, Conan finds some parallels in the classic tradition of the American Western.