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Tom Bowen is a senior editor who loves adventure games and RPGs. He's been playing video games for several decades now and writing about them professionally since 2020. Although he dabbles in news and ...

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Grab your pencils and paper! Escape Simulator 2 is the sequel to the popular escape room game that allows players to solve challenging puzzles alone or with friends to explore various locations and ...

For the past 25 years, any list of games like The Sims has been mostly wishful thinking. There hasn't been anything truly like The Sims series—until now. Last year we finally got some true Sims ...

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