I Play Games So You Don't Have To

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20 Things You DIDN’T Know About Death Stranding
Tips and tricks to help you get started!
Apr 1 • Jim Mander
Essay – On Romance
The Best Is Yet to Come
Feb 14 • Jim Mander
2025: Looking Back at a Year of Posting About Videogames
or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love AI Slop
Dec 31, 2025 • Jim Mander
Stocking Stuffers: The Best Games I Can’t Get Anyone Else to Play
The Island of Misfit Games
Dec 25, 2025 • Jim Mander
Thanks for Nothing: The Worst Games I've Ever Been Told to Play
There are no refunds for your time
Nov 27, 2025 • Jim Mander
Essay - RAW DOG THIS POST
For your ONLY HOPE for a FUTURE!
Jul 22, 2025 • Jim Mander
Essay – Brightest Flame, Darkest Souls
Amazing chest ahead
May 8, 2025 • Jim Mander
Essay - The 33 Mystic Degrees of Playing Zelda
Initiated into the Mysteries of a nearly 40 year old game.
Apr 20, 2025 • Jim Mander
Essay - On Recontextualization
The world entire, brought into focus.
Feb 12, 2025 • Jim Mander
Essay - On Conversation
Conversation - the exchange of ideas via the spoken word.
Feb 1, 2025 • Jim Mander
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