Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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3 Games Where Your Choices Truly Matter
The way Rebel Wolves promoted The Blood of Dawnwalker and its myriad choices got me thinking: What does it really mean for your choices to matter in a video game? Typically, we think it’s a good use of branching narratives when you have a properly big, dramatic effect on how things play out or when…
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Xbox Is Putting a Time Limit on Cloud Gaming
Xbox is watering down Game Pass benefits to cut costs. Starting in November, cloud gaming will receive a major overhaul, and one of the most notable changes is the time limit that will be assigned to each Xbox account depending on its Game Pass subscription tier. Cloud gaming has been one of the subscription’s selling…
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All 24 Pokémon Movies Will Be Available in Pricey Amazon-Exclusive Set
Viz Media is releasing an Amazon-exclusive, limited-edition set of all 24 Pokémon movies on Blu-ray. It’s a beautiful collection that will catch the attention of any fan, but its eye-watering price tag might be the reason potential buyers end up skipping this purchase. Each disc has a themed design related to its story, and they…
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The Game Gets Denied a Rating in Yet Another Country
It’s not only fans in Australia who will have to sit on the sidelines and watch others play Halloween: The Game when it launches on Sept. 9. In Japan, Halloween: The Game won’t be available on PlayStation, as it has been denied a rating from the Computer Entertainment Rating Organization (CERO) required for all mature…
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Alan Ritchson’s New 103-Minute Action Revenge Thriller Is an Instant Streaming Hit
Action star Alan Ritchson has been a dominant force on streaming thanks to his Prime Video series Reacher and Netflix’s sci-fi action hit War Machine. Ritchson’s latest film, Motor City, debuted in movie theaters in July, but the one-man-army revenge thriller didn’t knock out audiences. Motor City made just $3 million during its theatrical run,…
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James Gunn’s Next Superman Movie Has Officially Wrapped up Filming
Fans of James Gunn’s DC Universe movies rejoice: the director’s next big blockbuster, Superman: Man of Tomorrow, has just wrapped up filming. The writer and director shared the news on Threads, mentioning his “immense gratitude” to the cast and crew. Superman: Man of Tomorrow is the sequel to Gunn’s 2025 Superman, starring David Corenswet as…
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27 Years Ago, The Last True Star Wars Masterpiece Arrived a Month After Phantom Menace
Ever since Return of the Jedi, everything related to Star Wars has been “pretty good” at best. The prequel trilogy seemed aimed at a younger demographic than the original trilogy, and Disney’s sequel trilogy started strong but ultimately collapsed in on itself due to both corporate and fan pressure. The Mandalorian was good for only…
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D&D’s New Hardcore Setting Fixes the Game’s Most Iconic Monster
If you are a Dungeons & Dragons Dungeon Master, it’s very likely that, at one point, you’ve either put a dragon in one of your games or at least considered it. It’s right there in the title, after all. But have you ever stopped to think of how you could actually make this interesting for…
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All Hail the Return of MGS4
There’s only one thing most reviewers of Metal Gear Solid: Master Collection Vol. 2 care about, and that’s the return to playability of Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots. Perhaps the strangest, most personal, and most divisive game Hideo Kojima has made, the 2008 epic has been stuck on PlayStation 3 with no…
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28 Years Later, Jim Carrey’s Most Unhinged Movie Performance of All Time Is Officially Free on Streaming
Peter Weir’s 1998 satirical dramedy The Truman Show, which has just been inducted into the National Film Registry, is one of those rare works of science fiction that was hailed as prophetic very shortly after its release. It didn’t so much satirize its present or speculate on a far future as predict, with unnerving accuracy,…
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