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on March 9, 2026
Main character deaths are a common narrative device across all mediums. The hero will often sacrifice himself to save humanity or those they love. There are several games where the protagonist dies, definitely more than 10, but some are more iconic - for better or worse - than oth
There was always a little voice in the back of my mind that kept saying, "You’re just like your father," when I felt like I was failing. Thankfully, I never let that noise prevent me from doing what I needed to do, because Declan deserved - and continues to deserve - my very best as his fat
Ever since the release of Red Dead Redemption 2 , there have been numerous stories documenting the toxic work culture at Rockstar Games. Sources have told journalists like Jason Schreier that the studio embraces crunch in a way where employees felt like they would be doing their co-workers a disservice if they didn't pitch in as well. The studio recently released a statement stating that they're working on making a healthier work environment, and Schreier has even heard from anonymous employees that things have been improving since the allegations originally surfa
Arthur Morgan, although stoic and somewhat reserved in person, is much different on the page and in his head. He writes long, eloquent paragraphs about the situations he finds himself in, and although the game does show the player these entries when they pertain to big story events there are many, many more which appear that Red Dead Redemption 2 never tells the player about. Arthur writes about strangers he counters, small interactions he has with NPCs, and even draws interesting items and locations he discovers throughout the g
GTA Online has been a force in terms of revenue for the developer and publisher, but will Arthur Morgan's Western tale influence the next GTA title? Let's now look at five ways Red Dead Redemption 2 will influence GTA VI and five ways it definitely wo
As serendipity would have it, though, about 40-minutes into the "conversation," the restaurant’s power went out completely, allowing the meeting to end before I threw the lemonade that I was nursing in the face of the loser sitting across the table from me. We left without a hug, a handshake, or any plan to speak again; like it would have even been a possibil
With GTA Online being such a runaway success in terms of popularity and revenue, it seemingly killed the idea of Rockstar Games ever making single-player downloadable content. Their last two major releases didn't receive any story DLC despite their previous entries receiving industry-leading DLC content. GTA IV will have a single-player campaign to some extent, but don't expect it to be as locked-in and intimate as Red Dead Redemption 2 's. Money speaks and Rockstar likely looked for a way to integrate GTA Online into the single-player portion of the g
I can’t quite shake that near-daily nagging negative voice in my head about being like my father. I’ve made mistakes, and I know that I’m going to screw up again. Probably a lot. But, I will learn from every mistake and apply it towards being a better person and father for my son. Declan will absolutely always know that he is adored and loved by his father. His Gamer
Red Dead Redemption 2's vast Open World Game Weapons world, based on the Southwestern United States in the year 1899, allows players the ability to perform actions like hunting, fishing, stealing, murdering, and brewing coffee over a campfire while their hair slowly grows over time, just to name a few. Throughout the plot and subsequent epilogue of Red Dead Redemption 2 , Arthur Morgan and John Marston each carry a journal which they are occasionally shown writing in, and many players have likely noticed that both protagonists also create little drawings depicting the plants and animals they come in contact w
Thinking they were dangerous monsters, John did as he was asked and started to kill every sasquatch he could find. The last one, however, informed Marston that his species weren't the violent beasts that humans believed them to be. The former outlaw then had the opportunity to kill the creature, and whether he did it or not, didn't change the fact that he virtually caused the extinction of a peaceful spec
Although the player spent the majority of the game in Arthur's shoes, it's easy to imagine how John viewed Arthur Morgan in camp. Arthur would ride in, Hosea, Dutch, or one of the other gang members in tow, and John, still recovering from either being attacked by wild animals on a mountaintop or being verbally abused by Abigail, would limp over to see what was going on only to be ignored or brushed off. John Marston was a little brother to Arthur, and although both of them vied for Dutch's attention it was always Arthur who received the larger sh
Desmond was the main character for the first five Assassin's Creed games as gamers explored his ancestry through the animus. Assassin's Creed 3 finished a major portion of the first civilization storyline, which came to a head with an end of the world thr