1. | The Myth of the "Quirky EarthBound-Inspired Indie RPG" | 2,540 | | Earthbound
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2. | Amusement Park in Bad Decline: A Pokémon Gold and Silver Retrospective | 1,890 | | Pokémon Gold and Silver
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3. | A Defense of Devil May Cry 2's Gameplay | 1,519 | | Devil May Cry 2
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4. | Every Version of Final Fantasy VI Compared | 1,260 | | Final Fantasy VI
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5. | A Defense of Drakengard's Combat | 806 | | Drakengard
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6. | Homestuck and Gender | 762 | |
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7. | Final Fantasy VI Analysis | 753 | | Final Fantasy VI
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8. | OMORI Analysis | 751 | | Omori
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9. | The Semiotics of Jack Noir | 750 | | Final Fantasy VI
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10. | The Premodern Wasteland: A The Legend of Zelda Retrospective | 739 | | The Legend of Zelda
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11. | Team Plasma Was Right | 732 | | Pokémon Black and White
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12. | SIGNALIS - Reactionary Queerness | 689 | | Signalis
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13. | Material vs. Immaterial: Communism in Grim Fandango | 630 | | Grim Fandango
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14. | Worlds as Menu | 625 | | The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
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15. | Mad Mew Mew and Gender | 542 | | Undertale
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16. | Adapting The Divine Comedy In Games | 521 | | Final Fantasy VI
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17. | Your Choices (Don't) Matter: Life is Strange and the "Great Western Visual Novel" | 468 | | Life Is Strange
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18. | Game Theory: Is Samus a Girl? | 463 | |
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19. | Spamton and Gender | 447 | | Deltarune
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20. | Birdo and Gender | 422 | | Super Mario Bros. 2
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21. | Kainé and Gender | 421 | | NieR Replicant ver.1.22474487139...
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22. | Let's All Do The Time Compression: Marxism and Final Fantasy VIII | 397 | | Final Fantasy VIII
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23. | Empire Consumes Empire: A Super Mario Bros. Retrospective | 372 | | Super Mario Bros.
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24. | Games I Can't Play | 368 | | Lisa: The Painful
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25. | Naoto and Gender | 366 | | Persona 4 Golden
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26. | Why La-Mulana 2 Is Better Than La-Mulana | 360 | | La-Mulana 2
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27. | Games I Played In 2023 | 345 | | Dark Souls
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28. | Racism and Misogyny in the Gaming Community: Hammy JRPG Villains | 332 | | Omori
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29. | The Mainstream Indie and Metatext as Aesthetic | 327 | | Metroid II: Return of Samus
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30. | Sweetheart and Spaceboy's Relationship (And Something About Cluster B Personality Disorders) | 313 | | Omori
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31. | A Defense of Tank Controls | 312 | | Silent Hill 2
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32. | Critical Support and MOTHER 3 | 307 | | Mother 3
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33. | Bridget and Gender | 304 | | Guilty Gear XX
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34. | My Top Ten Games of All Time | 291 | | Dragon Quest V: Hand of the Heavenly Bride
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35. | Tapestries Woven From Small Threads: Yuri and Pong | 280 | | Pong: The Next Level
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36. | By Some Divine Prank - An Excavation of Zelda Villainy | 260 | | The Legend of Zelda
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37. | Ufouria: The Saga and Games as Play | 258 | | Ufouria: The Saga
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38. | Protagonist in Shadows | 257 | | Shovel Knight
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39. | Capital's Ever-Present Spectre: An EarthBound Retrospective | 242 | | Earthbound
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40. | Silent Hill 2 Analysis | 241 | | Silent Hill 2
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41. | Wario is the Best Mario Character | 241 | | Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins
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42. | The Remake As Artistic Violence | 234 | | AM2R
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43. | Sheik and Gender | 233 | | The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
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44. | Video Essay on Video Essays | 229 | |
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45. | The Liberal End of History and The Endless Game | 224 | | Dead Cells
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46. | An Examination of the Gerudo | 219 | | The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
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47. | Chrono Trigger Analysis | 212 | | Chrono Trigger
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48. | Why Doki Doki Literature Club Doesn't Work For Me | 196 | | Doki Doki Literature Club!
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49. | Why I Dislike Octopath Traveler | 190 | | Octopath Traveler
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50. | Car Batteries, Everhood and the Player's Conscience | 188 | | Everhood
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51. | The Most Profound Moment In Gaming (UPDATED) | 188 | |
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52. | Grusha and Gender | 183 | | Pokémon Scarlet and Violet
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53. | Melancholia of a Fleeting Dream: A Kirby's Dream Land Retrospective | 177 | | Kirby's Dream Land
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54. | Harvest Moon: A Wonderful Life - Twilight Crystallized | 176 | | Harvest Moon: A Wonderful Life
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55. | Minecraft is not a game. | 174 | | Minecraft
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56. | The Most Overrated Remake of All Time | 172 | | Kirby Super Star Ultra
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57. | Games I Played In 2021 | 172 | | Donkey Kong Country 3
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58. | Immersion, 3D Spaces, and Breath Mechanics | 171 | | Super Mario 64
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59. | ROR: Final Fantasy VI | The 2014 Mobile Port | 170 | | Final Fantasy VI
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60. | Festering Overarching Tendrils: A Pokémon Red and Blue Retrospective | 169 | | Pokémon Red and Blue
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61. | Pastel Reflections of Bygone Days: A Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island Retrospective | 167 | | Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island
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62. | The Web that is the Martinaise | 166 | | Disco Elysium
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63. | Link and Gender | 165 | | The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
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64. | To Love A Fucking Monkey Moment | 164 | | Earthbound
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65. | Arrested Development: A The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time Retrospective | 162 | | The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
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66. | Slaughter Under Guise of Truth: An Ice Climber Retrospective | 161 | | Ice Climber
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67. | Why Were PS1 Games So Weird? (Complimentary) | 161 | | LSD: Dream Emulator
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68. | Biomechanist Nightmare: A Metroid Retrospective | 160 | | Metroid
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69. | The Pantheistic Beauty of Super Mario Galaxy | 155 | | Super Mario Galaxy
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70. | Sloppy Eater - Transness and Visibility | 152 | | Castlevania: Symphony of the Night
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71. | Pyre: Or How Not To End A Game | 151 | | Pyre
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72. | Sequelitis - ZELDA: Majora’s Mask vs. Wind Waker | 148 | | The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask
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73. | Ghirahim and Gender | 144 | | The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword
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74. | Individual Perpetuates Systemic: A Star Fox 64 Retrospective | 144 | | Star Fox 64
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75. | The Epic of Gilgamesh, but, like, the Final Fantasy version | 140 | | Final Fantasy V
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76. | Paradise in Façade: An F-Zero Retrospective | 140 | | F-Zero
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77. | The Caiman's Imperialism: A Donkey Kong Country Retrospective | 138 | | Donkey Kong Country
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78. | A Defense of Leder's Gymnopedie | 138 | | Mother 3
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79. | A Defense of Big the Cat | 132 | | Sonic Adventure
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80. | Ghosts, Moles and Crickets: The False Narrative of Capitalist Realism | 130 | | Mother 3
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81. | The Role of ROM Hacks in Game Analysis | 129 | |
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82. | Still the Best 2011 | 127 | | Godzilla: Monster of Monsters
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83. | Super Paper Mario's Pacing Problems | 126 | | Super Paper Mario
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84. | The Narrative Importance of Bandana Waddle Dee | 126 | | Kirby Super Star
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85. | Sticking the Landing - The End of An RPG | 124 | | Final Fantasy VI
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86. | Games I Played In 2022 | 123 | |
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87. | TERABYTE APOCALYPSE: EPIL0GUE'S PARADIGM | 123 | |
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88. | Wind Waker's Grappling Hook and Bespoke Reinvention | 121 | | The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker
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89. | A Brother, A Shadow: A Mario Bros. Retrospective | 120 | | Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
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90. | Golden Sun - The Fantasy Novel, Personified... And Not Much Else | 112 | | Golden Sun
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91. | VG Myths - Can You Beat Undertale at LV 1? | 111 | | Undertale
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92. | Earth, Wind and Fire (And Maybe Water, Too!) - Elemental Typings in JRPGs | 110 | | Final Fantasy
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93. | From Man to Monster: A Donkey Kong Retrospective | 110 | | Donkey Kong
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94. | Chulip: Or The Failures and Triumphs of Nostalgia | 110 | | Chulip
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95. | Silent Hill - Foggy Mind | 109 | | Silent Hill
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96. | A Defense of Fi and Batteries | 109 | | The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword
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97. | Symbolisms of the MOTHER 3 Party Members Shown Through Bracelets Or Something (IDK Astrology) | 108 | | Mother 3
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98. | MOTHER 3 and the Distortion of Nostalgia (Complimentary) | 107 | | Mother 3
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99. | The Lost Art of the Anthology Game | 106 | Vlog | Kirby Super Star
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100. | Squid Game Analysis | 95 | |
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