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Titanfall 2 is a game where the grappling hook works very well. It isn’t an excessive length. It’s only long enough to keep your wall-running momentum going, with fatal applications as well for the creative pilot! That to me is about the level it should be.

It’s something I never noticed as a kid but going back and reading over Roald Dahl’s work, there’s a lot of elements in them that work to create a macabre atmosphere beneath a shiny gilded surface of childlike wonder. I personally have always shuddered at the idea of living in a world like Charlie and the Chocolate Factory — where wanton capitalism and sheer excess of personality aren’t scrutinized, but given a theme-park. Oh wait, that’s Disneyland!

While there is something about the gameplay of Bioshock: Infinite (and all Bioshock games) that still just doesn’t work for me as it’s probably intended, I always contend that the latter-most sequel has some of the best storytelling I’ve ever seen presented in the medium. Never once was I ever bored and the DLC only made it better as it works with rather incredible concepts and visualizations of a vast multiverse. I admit some of the retcons to the previous games’ stories via Burial At Sea felt a little unnecessary but it didn’t do much to take away my enjoyment of those singular experiences. Great article!