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Is There a Solution?"></a> </div> </div> <div class="article-list-item "> <div class="article-list-inner"> <div class="details"> <p class="title"><a href="/web/20220419034724/https://www.usgamer.net/articles/why-i-ignored-the-dreamcast-20-years-ago"><span class="prefix">Starting Screen | </span>Why I Ignored the Dreamcast 20 Years Ago</a></p> <p class="subtitle"> I was a teenage Debby Dreamcast Downer. </p> <p class="byline"> 9 September 2019<span class="divider"></span> </p> </div> <a href="/web/20220419034724/https://www.usgamer.net/articles/why-i-ignored-the-dreamcast-20-years-ago" class="cover" data-cover="//cdn.gamer-network.net/2013/usgamer/NGL2---Dreamcast.jpg/EG11/thumbnail/592x333/format/jpg/quality/60" title="Cover image for Starting Screen | Why I Ignored the Dreamcast 20 Years Ago"></a> </div> </div> <div class="article-list-item "> <div class="article-list-inner"> <div class="details"> <p class="title"><a href="/web/20220419034724/https://www.usgamer.net/articles/why-the-collectibles-in-control-are-good"><span class="prefix">Starting Screen | </span>Control's Creepy Memos and Unsettling Book Clubs Make Its Collectibles Actually Worth Collecting</a></p> <p class="subtitle"> The information buried in the collectibles is far more sinister than it lets on. </p> <p class="byline"> 2 September 2019<span class="divider"></span> </p> </div> <a href="/web/20220419034724/https://www.usgamer.net/articles/why-the-collectibles-in-control-are-good" class="cover" data-cover="//cdn.gamer-network.net/2019/usgamer/Control_collectibles_Header1.jpg/EG11/thumbnail/592x333/format/jpg/quality/60" title="Cover image for Starting Screen | Control&#039;s Creepy Memos and Unsettling Book Clubs Make Its Collectibles Actually Worth Collecting"></a> </div> </div> <div class="article-list-item "> <div class="article-list-inner"> <div class="details"> <p class="title"><a href="/web/20220419034724/https://www.usgamer.net/articles/starting-screen-|-earthbounds-25th-anniversary-makes-us-pine-for-classic-instruction-books"><span class="prefix">Starting Screen | </span>EarthBound鈥檚 25th Anniversary Makes us Pine for Classic Instruction Books</a></p> <p class="subtitle"> Earthbound's player guide is a great example of the effort publishers expended trying to make the West fall in love with RPGs. </p> <p class="byline"> 26 August 2019<span class="divider"></span> </p> </div> <a href="/web/20220419034724/https://www.usgamer.net/articles/starting-screen-|-earthbounds-25th-anniversary-makes-us-pine-for-classic-instruction-books" class="cover" data-cover="//cdn.gamer-network.net/2019/usgamer/earthbound_instruction_book_featured.png/EG11/thumbnail/592x333/format/jpg/quality/60" title="Cover image for Starting Screen | EarthBound鈥檚 25th Anniversary Makes us Pine for Classic Instruction Books"></a> </div> </div> <div class="article-list-item "> <div class="article-list-inner"> <div class="details"> <p class="title"><a href="/web/20220419034724/https://www.usgamer.net/articles/sonys-insomniac-acquisition-is-its-first-major-salvo-in-the-ps5-generation"><span class="prefix">Starting Screen | </span>Sony's Insomniac Acquisition is Its First Major Salvo in the PS5 Generation</a></p> <p class="subtitle"> Exclusives matter more than ever... or do they? </p> <p class="byline"> 19 August 2019<span class="divider"></span> </p> </div> <a href="/web/20220419034724/https://www.usgamer.net/articles/sonys-insomniac-acquisition-is-its-first-major-salvo-in-the-ps5-generation" class="cover" data-cover="//cdn.gamer-network.net/2019/usgamer/Spiderman-PS4-2019-Hed.jpg/EG11/thumbnail/592x333/format/jpg/quality/60" title="Cover image for Starting Screen | Sony&#039;s Insomniac Acquisition is Its First Major Salvo in the PS5 Generation"></a> </div> </div> <div class="article-list-item "> <div class="article-list-inner"> <div class="details"> <p class="title"><a href="/web/20220419034724/https://www.usgamer.net/articles/can-sports-games-be-fixed"><span class="prefix">Starting Screen | </span>Can Sports Games be Fixed?</a></p> <p class="subtitle"> No one seems happy with otherwise popular games like Madden and FIFA. 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July 2019<span class="divider"></span> </p> </div> <a href="/web/20220419034724/https://www.usgamer.net/articles/super-mario-maker-2-wants-to-make-you-a-better-level-designer" class="cover" data-cover="//cdn.gamer-network.net/2019/usgamer/Super-Mario-Maker-2-Header-07.jpg/EG11/thumbnail/592x333/format/jpg/quality/60" title="Cover image for Starting Screen | Super Mario Maker 2 Wants To Make You A Better Level Designer"></a> </div> </div> <div class="article-list-item "> <div class="article-list-inner"> <div class="details"> <p class="title"><a href="/web/20220419034724/https://www.usgamer.net/articles/auto-chess-is-the-latest-gaming-industry-gold-rush"><span class="prefix">Starting Screen | </span>Auto Chess is the Latest Gaming Industry Gold Rush, Like MOBA and Battle Royale Before It</a></p> <p class="subtitle"> In such a short period of time, there's been an explosion in the autobattler genre. </p> <p class="byline"> 24 June 2019<span class="divider"></span> </p> </div> <a 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