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Issue 398

Dialogue

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Laser eyes

It’s fantastic to read that teenagers such as Callum Muir are still discovering Edge – and for the same reason I got into it 25 years ago! Ironically, though, I’m here to defend the hype.

While I’d rather play or , the fighting games I would currently recommend are and , simply because that’s where the competition is at. Why are they so popular? Surely the story modes help, but I like to believe it has a lot to do with marketing. The truth is, it’s the casuals that determine which fighting games are the best experience. As for shooters, how’s doing? I can’t recommend because, last time I heard, servers rarely had enough players. The last competitive game I sunk my teeth into was , mostly because of all the real-life opponents I would bump into. Fun times!

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