Tom Marks
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Executive Reviews Editor for games at @IGN by day, pie maker and card slinger by night. Formerly at @PCGamer . He/Him (tmarks @IGN .com)
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Boy I wish people would actually read articles before commenting.
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"What's your biggest wish for the new Smash Bros?"
You: I want them to add Crash Bandicoot/Shovel Knight/Rayman!!!
Me:
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If you haven't tried putting five Large Zonai Charges into a capsule machine before, you really should.
#TearsOfTheKingdom
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People out here worried about whether AAA games are going to be $60 or $70, but I'm too exhausted by the internet going "wow $20 seems steep, this should really be $10" at every single incredible indie game for literal YEARS to care 🙃
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After playing 100+ hours of Tears of the Kingdom, I almost can’t believe what Nintendo has pulled off.
It managed to follow a triumph with a triumph, somehow making Breath of the Wild feel like a first draft in the process.
I am so excited to play more.
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Here is the ability Box Fox, which transforms you into a box "when it feels like it"
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So holy shit wow, I got to interview Keanu Reeves! 😮
Watch the full interview here:
We talked about
@CyberpunkGame
, his character Johnny Silverhand, mocap, and more. Also he said this to me:
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Me: I want Mario Kart Live.
Mom: We have Mario Kart Live at home.
Mario Kart Live at home:
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Heads up that Balan Wonderworld codes were not sent ahead of launch, so our review won't be ready until next week.
Here are my in-progress thoughts after playing roughly two hours: it sucks.
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I turned 30 today, and my insane/wonderful parents made me feel better about it by getting me an original NES and Super Mario Bros. 1, 2, and 3.
It's the only Nintendo console I've never owned. I love them very much.
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Hello.
I think the Switch's persistent joystick drift issues are a failure on the scale of the 360's Red Ring of Death, and Nintendo's inability to provide a permanent solution even 3 years after launch is unacceptable.
I'm just sick and tired of drift:
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For your viewing pleasure: Piranha Plant's little bootie feet.
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Woke up still laughing about
@Charalanahzard
just MERCILESSLY throwing
@andrearene
under the bus (with an assist from
@ZombaeKillz
) during their
@BlackGirlsCode
charity stream last night, had to cut this together.
Just without a doubt the most savage thing I've ever witnessed.
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To fans who were hoping to one day go to
#E3
now worried you may never get to, here's my best advice:
Go to PAX.
E3 is a wild and cool spectacle, but PAX is how I dreamed E3 would be as a kid. It's built for fans, not business meetings, and it's worth your time/money far more!
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"BOY! Did you take out the recycling yet?"
(Happy Halloween from Dad of War!)
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I reviewed Cyberpunk 2077 for IGN.
Here's 4000 words about a very buggy game that I really loved.
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We won't have our review of Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League at launch as review codes have not been sent ahead of time.
In fact, WB Games has declined to send IGN codes at all.
We'll get our impressions up as soon as we are able after release, thanks for your patience!
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I am currently at Valve playing Artifact. It is an extremely unique and fun take on a digital CCG! Valve still seriously know how to make games.
Also they kept it hidden until now Richard Garfield is the designer behind it!
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This year I wrote 3 of the 6 biggest reviews on IGN: FF7R, Marvel's Avengers, Cyberpunk 2077.
Don't mean to boast, but I'm just feeling pretty proud of the work I've done in 2020, especially with reviews like Kentucky Route Zero, Murder By Numbers, & Spiritfarer alongside those.
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I've seen a few people say that the leaked movie Sonic's style isn't the real problem, it's just that he's missing Sonic's signature eyes.
So I made that.
For your consideration, with fur, brow style, and even iris placement unchanged, here's how classic sonic eyes would look:
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Seeing lots of folk say the controller layout looks uncomfortable, which is what I thought when I first saw it too.
But when I actually held the thing, it feels shockingly natural and comfy. This is not a Steam Controller repeat where "I swear your just have to get used to it."
We've played the Steam Deck, Valve's just-announced handheld gaming PC, and there's a lot to talk about, from the mouse-like touchpads to the four extra back buttons and more:
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No matter your feelings on the actual product, Google Stadia announcement livestreams having buffering/lag issues will never not be funny.
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I don't talk about my personal life online much, but I've been away for a few weeks because my partner of 10 years and I got married! I like her a lot 😊
(...then we got covid on the way to the honeymoon, so we played Stardew Valley and watched Lost in our hotel room for a week)
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I am SO EXCITED to tell y'all I got to play Cyberpunk 2077!
I played 16 HOURS from the start, and even then I feel like I only just started to scratch below surface of what's here:
We spent 16 hours in Cyberpunk 2077's dense and stunning Night City, and found an immense amount of depth and choices to explore in this mammoth of an RPG.
Our final preview:
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The heads of Nintendo, PlayStation, and Xbox have a combined six first names.
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Wargroove is great, but all you really need to know about it is that the doggo soldiers safely run away instead of getting killed.
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Confession: I never beat BioShock.
But, miraculously, I never had BioShock SPOILED for me either. I literally don't know how.
I wrote about avoiding one of gaming's biggest spoilers for 12 years, then I beat BioShock and looked back at its amazing twist:
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Possible evolutions for the very sad water starter Pokemon, Sobble:
- Sadamander
- Crymeleon
- Anxietoad (Credit to
@jmdornbush
)
- Unhaptile
- Regrecko
- Lizerable
- Depressiguana
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It takes a special level of cruelty to announce that 2018 was your company's best year ever, personally make millions of dollars a year, and simultaneously decide to fire hundreds of people for no other reason than the millionaires who own you wanted to make a little bit more.
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After almost 7 years at IGN, I've been promoted to Executive Editor!
I'll now be in charge of all our game reviews, which is surreal as someone who grew up reading the site dreaming of reviewing games for a living.
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Can we just take a sec to appreciate how Annapurna has been publishing nonstop bangers since getting into games?
What Remains of Edith Finch
Gorogoa
Florence
Donut County
Ashen
Outer Wilds
Telling Lies
Sayonara Wild Hearts
Wattam
Kentucky Route Zero
That is a WILD track record.
both Sayonara Wild Hearts and Outer Wilds are up for multiple
@SXSWGaming
Awards! vote for both games here //
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To be fair, its animated cutscenes can be SUPER charming, especially genuinely great ones like this.
It's just that playing the actual game is not really fun.
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So hidden in that PS Now price cut news is the fact that God of War can now be played entirely without a PS4, which is sort of wild?
You still need a PS4 controller and it's certainly at a worse framerate and resolution, but like... PC folk just have access to God of War now.
Thanks to PlayStation Now (and its massive price cut), you no longer need a PlayStation 4 to play 2018's God of War.
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This will never stop being relevant.
Boy I wish people would actually read articles before commenting.
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The delicious irony of rebuilding the Avengers headquarters in California Adventure should be lost on no comic fan.
Disney has revealed that the new Marvel-themed Disney parks will be called 'Avengers Campus.'
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I could have given Cyberpunk a 5/10 and still received less than 1% of the vitriol women who gave it a higher score are currently having to deal with.
That's not an exaggeration, and it's not a coincidence. It's because I am a straight white man, and it's massively fucked up.
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3 months ago, Joker's Smash reveal convinced me to finally check out Persona 5, but I figured there was no way I'd actually have time for a 100+ hour JRPG.
115 hours later, I beat it, bought Ryuji's hoodie, and am considering New Game+. Undoubtedly one of my favorite RPGs ever.
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An indie team is making an official Zelda game, and that's WILD AND COOL.
I spoke to NecroDancer's
@braceyourselfok
and Nintendo's
@Kirk_Scott
about how the heck Cadence of Hyrule happened, check out what they said here!
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JET FORCE GEMINI SUCCESSOR WITH FORMER RARE DEVS BEHIND IT.
I REPEAT: JET FORCE GEMINI SUCCESSOR. THIS IS NOT A DRILL.
Explore, leap, and shoot to save your family from an insect invasion in Tamarin from
@chameleon_games
! Journey into the Northern wilderness in this adorable action-adventure game.
#gamescom2020
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If anyone was worried whether or not Half-Life 2 holds up 16 years later, it super super does.
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Just to be abundantly clear, plagiarism isn't a mistake: it's a choice.
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My Monster Hunter World: Iceborne review took me well over 100 hours of prep and playing across nearly two full months.
Then I spent two hours being a goose one afternoon.
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Fun fact: When we went to Valve to see the Steam Deck, I was so rusty from a year off trips that I remembered to pack everything... except bow ties.
So I guess here's that big neck reveal no one was asking for:
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Cool work update, my title has changed: I'm now IGN's Deputy Reviews Editor!
I'll still be doing most of what I was before, PC coverage included, but now I'm officially
@DanStapleton
's lackey to assist with reviews stuff. Not a huge shift functionally, but I'm excited about it!
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We weren’t sent code for the new Avatar: The Last Airbender game until it came out yesterday sadly, so my review won’t be ready for a few days.
That said, it’s EASILY the worst game I’ve reviewed since Balan Wonderworld. Just a baffling mess of a thing.
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Very excited to say that starting today I've joined the IGN editorial team! I'm pumped to get started on some sweet PC gaming related stuff.
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I accidentally played 10 hours of Persona 5 today and I'm pretty sure it's becoming one of my favorite RPGs ever. It's so god damn stylish.
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I reviewed Super Smash Bros. Ultimate for IGN. It rules.
This was a weird and wonderful experience. Smash was such a formative game for me and IGN is the reason I've wanted to review games since literally 2nd grade. Been smiling like a dummy all morning.
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A huge thank you to all the IGN fans sending good vibes and support over the last week, y'all are why we do what we do.
It's also been pretty miraculous to see the internet (mostly) understand the anatomy of a very messy and stupid situation and be generally supportive and kind!
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Tinder for couples but instead of anonymous sex you and your significant other swipe meals to decide what you’re both craving for dinner.
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Reading the FLOOD of comments and replies full of people who have constant drift issues and no hope to solve them is breaking my dang heart.
I love Nintendo so much, but we need to hold its feet to the fire here, because this is not cutting it.
Hello.
I think the Switch's persistent joystick drift issues are a failure on the scale of the 360's Red Ring of Death, and Nintendo's inability to provide a permanent solution even 3 years after launch is unacceptable.
I'm just sick and tired of drift:
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This Christmas I put a wrapped copy of Season 8 of Game of Thrones under my family tree marked "CURSED" with no name, and whoever opened it was doomed with the burden of having to keep it.
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There are a lot of dumb bugs in the Avengers, but probably the funniest is that the city-based villain sectors always end on a roof, and you can literally just use the Hulkbuster to punch Abomination off it and instantly win the fight.
Like.... what?
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Today is my 2-year anniversary at IGN, and roughly my 5-year anniversary writing about games!
It simultaneously feels much shorter and much longer than that, but I'm definitely at the point where I really couldn't imagine doing anything else 😁🎉
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Breaking: After countless attempts, my middle name was correctly guessed during an IGN podcast this week
Twist: It wasn't Beyond.
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@csnaber
Thank you for the kind words! But also I do not understand what is going on with this hashtag in the replies right now 😆
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Not that this needs dunking on, but I can't stop thinking about the fact that Avengers got a 50% discount before it got a new character.
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Like you want to talk about whether or not inflation means we should pay 10 more dollars for Call of Duty this year?
Cool, then let's also talk about how small games should be priced above $15 without the developers automatically being perceived as greedy.
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Only 80% sell value in the overnight bin? No thanks, I'll wait.
#AnimalCrossing
#ACNH
#NintendoSwitch
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My
@IGN
review of Hollow Knight on Switch is now live, and I'd just like to brag that I've now reviewed that game twice without saying "Dark Souls", "Souls-like", or anything similar a single time. I am very proud:
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Wow, surprised by this move from Sony, but we'll see how it goes.
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I've seen a common sentiment around that I want to break down real fast: "I guess that's what you get for hiring a YouTuber, not someone with journalism training."
I don't have any formal journalism training, I studied design. I learned about plagiarism in elementary school.
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In light of Doom Eternal, Halo Infinite, and Super Meat Boy Forever, here are some FREE game name ideas for devs:
- The Elder Scrolls: Undying
- God of War: Endless
- Mass Effect: Continuous
- Metroid Prime: Persistent
- Fable: Still?
- Bioshock: Infinite
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Also the process of making this resulted in this cursed image and since I saw it all of you have to too.
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Everyone knows Steam takes a 30% cut and Epic swooped in last year with 12%, but what about other game retailers?
I compiled the actual numbers on what cut each major storefront takes from a game sale, and how those differences actually affect developers:
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I get to admire the original painting for Stasis whenever I visit my parents, so I figured I'd share a couple up-close shots this time! 🎨
It strikes me how much warmer the original looks compared to the card version, the yellow tones are a lot more vivid
#mtgart
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Very excited about this piece: I talked to Nintendo and a bunch of Nindie devs about how Nintendo is truly putting in the effort to elevate indies on the Switch, and how that curation and support really matters.
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I met this chonky boy in Pokemon last night and did what had to be done.
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I hope that everyone is having a lovely day today, and remembers that smiling and saying nice things where you can is always a more constructive use of brain energy than holding onto anger and expressing hostility.
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Them: Forza Horizon 4 let's you drive the most amazing and expensive cars in the world across the gorgeous English country side!
Me:
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This is the most personal thing I have ever written. I was terrified to even write it, let alone publish it.
Outer Wilds is helping me get over my intense fear of death. Its meaning and message have pushed me to stop retreating from that fear.
SPOILERS:
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In the last week I've beaten Ori and the Will of the Wisps, Doom Eternal, and Half-Life: Alyx and they were all amazing.
Thank goodness 2020 is done with major game releases because my GOTY list is packed and I'm ready for a bre... *checks notes*
...oh my god it's March.
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People in the Artifact subreddit are criticizing my play from our gameplay.
This is a game that none one had even SEEN before today, it was my third match ever, and the creators of the game were giving me tips while I played.
But they clearly know enough to shit talk already.
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Yo it is WILD how Persona 5 Scramble is just low-key a direct sequel to P5, to the point where they literally knocked a 2 out of the logo in its newest trailer. So hyped.
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Consumable items are the avocados of RPGs: I worry so much about whether or not it’s the perfect moment to use them that by the time I do it’s usually too late 🥑
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To be clear, this sort of situation is exceedingly rare in my experience, and it's not going to change anything about how we cover games - Suicide Squad or beyond.
We have an article with a few more characters than a tweet can fit here:
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At the risk of being one of the many people who has written about how great The Stanley Parable is, I have written about how great The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe is.
My latest review!
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Magic: The Gathering is thriving, but it’s also evolving in ways that evoke excitement or concern depending on who you ask. So I asked a lot.
I spoke to dozens of fans – from casual players to Hall of Famers – and Wizards of the Coast about MTG’s future.
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