Willa Rowe

Willa is a queer journalist living in Brooklyn. She is the Video Game Trends Writer at Inverse. She writes about games with a focus on queer stories and the influences from other media we see in video games.

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Team-ups add new layers to combat.

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Preview

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Prepare for trouble, and make it double.

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Sega Just Made a Bold Claim About Persona 6 — But I Have My Doubts

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The Last of Us Part II Remastered Highlights a Tiresome Gaming Trend

This is ridiculous.

Retrospective

Fusion Is the Most Important Metroid Game You Never Played

Handheld excellence.

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Edelgard defenders stay winning.

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Forget about all that live service stuff and focus on the story.

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You don’t have to be scared of building Huohuo with this guide.

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You can’t please everybody.

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Let the show begin!

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Resident Evil 0 Is the Franchise at Its Best (and Worst)

A prequel filled with promise and problems.